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  • Sustainable Development
  • Policy Analysis

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  • Growing awareness of environmental destruction due to global warming and extreme weather.
  • Environmental governance is key to sustainable development, requiring capital and stakeholder cooperation.
  • Local governments often face resource limitations in environmental protection efforts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate an environmental co-governance assessment framework.
  • To identify effective strategies for improving environmental governance, especially for resource-limited local governments.
  • To analyze the effectiveness of environmental policies and suggest enhancements.

Main Methods:

  • Combined the Best-Worst Method (BWM) and a modified Vlsekriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (mV) method.
  • Developed an environmental co-governance assessment framework (BWM-mV model) based on stakeholder network structure.
  • Conducted an empirical case study with the Pingxiang City Government.

Main Results:

  • The BWM-mV model effectively evaluates environmental governance policies and suggests improvements.
  • Identified critical areas for the Pingxiang City Government: high-quality information communication platform (C13) and smooth joint decision-making by stakeholders (C24).
  • The framework is particularly suitable for local governments with limited resources.

Conclusions:

  • The BWM-mV model provides a practical tool for enhancing environmental co-governance.
  • Prioritizing information platforms and stakeholder decision-making is vital for effective environmental management.
  • This approach supports sustainable development goals in resource-constrained settings.