Investigating the Dynamics of China’s Green Building Policy Development from 1986 to 2019
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data Collection
2.2. Research Methods
2.2.1. Bibliometric Analysis
2.2.2. Text Mining
3. Results
3.1. GBP Topics in Different Stages
3.1.1. Topics Discovered in Stage 1 (1986–2000)
3.1.2. Topics Discovered in Stage 2 (2001–2005)
3.1.3. Topics Discovered in Stage 3 (2006–2010)
3.1.4. Topics Discovered in Stage 4 (2011–2015)
3.1.5. Topics Discovered in Stage 5 (2016–2019)
3.2. GB Policymaking Agencies
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Government Department | Abbreviations | Description | No. of GBPs |
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Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development | MOHURD | Government department | 180 |
Ministry of Finance | MOF | Government department | 25 |
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology | MIIT | Government department | 16 |
Ministry of Science and Technology | MOST | Government department | 9 |
National Development and Reform Commission | NDRC | Government department | 8 |
Ministry of Ecology and Environment | MOEE | Government department | 4 |
State Council | SC | The highest organ of state administration | 4 |
State Administration of Market Regulation | SAMR | Government department | 3 |
Ministry of Commerce | MOC | Government department | 2 |
State Economic and Trade Commission | SETC | Government department | 1 |
Chinese Society of Urban Science | CSUS | Social organization | 1 |
State Administration of Taxation | SAT | Government department | 1 |
National Government Offices Administration | NGOA | Government department | 1 |
Ministry of Education | MOE | Government department | 1 |
Stage 1 (1986–2000) | Stage 2 (2001–2005) | Stage 3 (2006–2010) | Stage 4 (2011–2015) | Stage 5 (2016–2019) | |
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Policy instruments | DP/RP | DP/RP/FP/SP/KI | DP/RP/EP/FP/SP/OP/KI | DP/RP/EP/FP/SP/OP/KI | DP/RP/EP/FP/SP/OP/KI |
GB performance indicators |
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Collaboration structure | Some agencies with close collaboration | Few agencies with simple collaboration | More agencies with complex and close collaboration | More agencies with decreased and decentralized collaboration | Few agencies with centralized collaboration |
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Wu, Z.; He, Q.; Yang, K.; Zhang, J.; Xu, K. Investigating the Dynamics of China’s Green Building Policy Development from 1986 to 2019. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010196
Wu Z, He Q, Yang K, Zhang J, Xu K. Investigating the Dynamics of China’s Green Building Policy Development from 1986 to 2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(1):196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010196
Chicago/Turabian StyleWu, Zezhou, Qiufeng He, Kaijie Yang, Jinming Zhang, and Kexi Xu. 2021. "Investigating the Dynamics of China’s Green Building Policy Development from 1986 to 2019" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010196
APA StyleWu, Z., He, Q., Yang, K., Zhang, J., & Xu, K. (2021). Investigating the Dynamics of China’s Green Building Policy Development from 1986 to 2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(1), 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010196