IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v15y2023i16p12535-d1219779.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Research on the Outgoing Audit and Evaluation of Water Resource Assets of Leadership Cadres in City Y

Author

Listed:
  • Ju Chen

    (Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Guiliang Tian

    (Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Jiawen Li

    (Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

  • Huijun Xu

    (Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing 211100, China)

Abstract

The outgoing audit of water resource assets of leading cadres is key to promoting the management of water resource assets and investigating the responsibility for water environment damage. This paper is based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals related to water resource management and natural asset green accounting. It constructs an evaluation index system for the outgoing audit and evaluation of water resource assets from four dimensions: resource, environment, society, and economy. The paper combines the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the initial comparison scoring method to comprehensively assess the water resource management performance of the former mayor of City Y in the Yellow River Basin during 2018–2020. The Barrier Degree Model is also utilized to identify the main influencing factors. The results indicate the following: (1) the constructed index system covers critical aspects of the outgoing audit and can comprehensively reflect the leadership cadres’ responsibilities in water resource management. (2) The comprehensive evaluation score of the former mayor of City Y during 2018–2020 is 85.66, falling within the “relatively good” range but not reaching the “excellent” standard. This suggests that, although progress has been made in water resource asset management, some issues remain. (3) At the index level, the top three factors influencing the comprehensive evaluation of the former mayor’s water resource management performance in City Y are the proportion of ammonia nitrogen emissions (9.86%), per capita water resource (9.38%), and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) emissions (8.93%). At the criterion level, the environmental dimension has the most significant impact on the overall evaluation results, accounting for 42.43%. The practical application of the evaluation index system in City Y can serve as a reference for improving the regulatory framework for leadership cadres’ water resource assets in other regions and provide valuable insights for international exchange in water resource management practices.

Suggested Citation

  • Ju Chen & Guiliang Tian & Jiawen Li & Huijun Xu, 2023. "Research on the Outgoing Audit and Evaluation of Water Resource Assets of Leadership Cadres in City Y," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-18, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:16:p:12535-:d:1219779
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/16/12535/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/16/12535/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Zhang, Xiaobo, 2006. "Fiscal decentralization and political centralization in China: Implications for growth and inequality," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(4), pages 713-726, December.
    2. Huanhuan Xiong & Yi Li & Jialin He, 2022. "Construction and Application of the Evaluation System of Natural Resources Asset Accountability Audit of Officials: A Case Study of Jiangxi, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-20, January.
    3. Zhe Cheng & Nina Wang & Rulin Ouyang & Huanming Wang & Zhe Song, 2022. "A Content Analysis of the Strictest Water Resources Management Policy in China," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 8(02), pages 1-26, April.
    4. Kaize Zhang & Juqin Shen & Ran He & Bihang Fan & Han Han, 2019. "Dynamic Analysis of the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Urbanization and Water Resource Security and Its Obstacle Factor," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-16, November.
    5. Heecheol Shim & Jaehwan Kim, 2023. "A Study on Project Prioritisation and Operations Performance Measurements by the Analysis of Local Financial Investment Projects in Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-14, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Fu, Tong & Jian, Ze, 2020. "A developmental state: How to allocate electricity efficiently in a developing country," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    2. Zhu, Ling & Liu, Shasha & Kong, Dongmin, 2023. "Governments' fiscal stress and firm decentralization," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    3. Sun, Yong & Liu, Baoyin & Sun, Zhongrui & Yang, Ruijia, 2023. "Inter-regional cooperation in the transfers of energy-intensive industry: An evolutionary game approach," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 282(C).
    4. Jing Li & Tsun Se Cheong & Jianfa Shen & Dahai Fu, 2019. "Urbanization And Rural–Urban Consumption Disparity: Evidence From China," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 64(04), pages 983-996, September.
    5. Anping Chen & Nicolaas Groenewold, 2017. "An increase in the retirement age in China: the regional economic effects," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(7), pages 702-721, February.
    6. Lin, Boqiang & Zhou, Yicheng, 2021. "How does vertical fiscal imbalance affect the upgrading of industrial structure? Empirical evidence from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
    7. Tang, Peng & Feng, Yue & Li, Min & Zhang, Yanyan, 2021. "Can the performance evaluation change from central government suppress illegal land use in local governments? A new interpretation of Chinese decentralisation," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
    8. Song, Yang, 2013. "Rising Chinese regional income inequality: The role of fiscal decentralization," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 294-309.
    9. Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen, 2016. "Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization and Undocumented Labour Mobility in Rural China, 1982–87," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(9), pages 1469-1482, September.
    10. Yuping Deng & Yanrui Wu & Helian Xu, 2022. "Emission Reduction and Value-added Export Nexus at Firm Level," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 22-19, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    11. Yang, Xiaoliang & Barros, Lucy & Matthews, Kent & Meenagh, David, 2024. "The dynamics of redistribution, inequality and growth across China’s regions," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 46(3), pages 613-637.
    12. Sailian Xia & Daming You & Zhihua Tang & Bo Yang, 2021. "Analysis of the Spatial Effect of Fiscal Decentralization and Environmental Decentralization on Carbon Emissions under the Pressure of Officials’ Promotion," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-21, March.
    13. Anping Chen & Nicolaas Groenewold, 2011. "Regional Equality and National Development in China: Is There a Trade‐Off?," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(4), pages 628-669, December.
    14. Tan, Jing & Liu, Tianyi & Xu, Hao, 2024. "The environmental and economic consequences of environmental centralization: Evidence from China's environmental vertical management reform," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    15. Chen, Anping & Groenewold, Nicolaas, 2010. "Reducing regional disparities in China: An evaluation of alternative policies," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 189-198, June.
    16. Gao, Kang & Yuan, Yijun, 2022. "Government intervention, spillover effect and urban innovation performance: Empirical evidence from national innovative city pilot policy in China," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 70(C).
    17. Xin Huang & Juqin Shen & Fuhua Sun & Lunyan Wang & Pengchao Zhang & Yu Wan, 2023. "Study on the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of the High–Quality Development of Urbanization and Water Resource Coupling in the Yellow River Basin," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-26, August.
    18. WANG, Zuxiang & SMYTH, Russell & NG, Yew-Kwang, 2009. "A new ordered family of Lorenz curves with an application to measuring income inequality and poverty in rural China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(2), pages 218-235, June.
    19. Peng Bin & Andrea Fracasso, 2017. "Regional Consumption Inequality in China: An Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition at the Prefectural Level," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(3), pages 459-486, September.
    20. Tang, Peng & Shi, Xiaoping & Gao, Jinlong & Feng, Shuyi & Qu, Futian, 2019. "Demystifying the key for intoxicating land finance in China: An empirical study through the lens of government expenditure," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(C), pages 302-309.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:16:p:12535-:d:1219779. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.