The Causes and Sustainable Management Mechanisms of "Valuing construction and despising management" in Rural Human Settlements Environment Governance
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Rural living environment; Value construction and despise management; Sustainable management; Governance mechanism; Public participationAbstract
Optimizing the living environment in rural areas is a task in rural revitalization. In practical operation, most villages generally "attach importance to construction but do not attach importance to management", which affects the long-term and stable effectiveness of governance. Field investigations have found that although the vast majority of villages have built sewage treatment and public toilet related construction projects, they lack management and maintenance in the future. Many villages' sewage treatment systems, public toilets and other facilities are either idle or broken, which leads to poor environmental quality in the village. The main reasons for the problem are: the lack of a long-term management and protection mechanism in top-level design, unclear responsible subjects, inadequate supervision, management and assessment, most of the funds are one-time, stable and effective maintenance funds are few, and there is little participation from the masses. The lack of environmental protection concept and "ownership" consciousness has led to the proposal of "building management integration" system, specialized management and protection funds, intelligent management platforms and strengthening the villagers’ deliberation and incentive systems provide reference for establishing long-term management and protection mechanisms for rural living environments.
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