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Database Green: Software, Environmentalism and Data Flows in China

Published inChina quarterly, vol. 229, p. 205-217
Publication date2017
Abstract

Significant efforts towards environmental transparency have been made by the Chinese government since 2008. This paper focuses on the technical decisions shaping a database of official pollution information built and operated by a Chinese NGO known as the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE). Issues of standardization, power distribution and institutional fragmentation are discussed. The paper illustrates a case of NGOs integrating enforcement capabilities as data centres amidst the growing reliance on processes of informational governance of environmental issues.

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Keywords
  • Pollution
  • Environment
  • Information disclosure
  • China
  • Database
  • NGOs
  • IPE
  • Software studies
  • Standardization
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - #153291
Citation (ISO format)
TARANTINO, Matteo, ZIMMERMANN, Basile. Database Green: Software, Environmentalism and Data Flows in China. In: China quarterly, 2017, vol. 229, p. 205–217. doi: 10.1017/S0305741016001600
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