Developing an Appropriate Contaminated Land Regime in China Lessons

Like all industrialized countries, China has encountered increasing problems with land contamination in recent years. Abandoned mining and manufacturing sites and obsolete industrial complexes, while also creating new polluting industrial enterprises, rep

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Xiaobo Zhao

Developing an Appropriate Contaminated Land Regime in China Lessons Learned from the US and UK

Xiaobo Zhao School of Law Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Shanghai China

ISBN 978-3-642-31614-2 ISBN 978-3-642-31615-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31615-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012951399 # Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To my beloved Mother, Xianmin Jiang, Father, Jiaguo Zhao

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Acknowledgements

This book is completed in Australia at the University of Western Sydney (UWS) with the financial support from the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC). I wish to express my gratitude to all those people who have given me their help and encouragement during the preparation of this book. First of all, I owe the greatest thanks to my principal supervisor, Prof. Michael Jeffery, QC, and my associate supervisor Prof. Donna Craig. I’m proud of having shared more than 3 years’ time with these two distinguished senior environmental law experts on my way to complete the PhD degree. Without their tireless guidance and valuable support, I would not have completed this book in time. I would like to acknowledge the Environmental Law Research