Abstract: Regional environmental problems might be solved by regional environmental management and cooperation which is based on macro view instead of local ones. In addition, only taking the consideration of the regional arrangement for attacking the pollution issues based on the overall cost and benefits of the various control and prevention scenarios, the regional environmental issue can be solved in an efficient way. Building proper and effective mechanism for environmental management and cooperation is very important while the transformation from local control to regional governance is one main direction of environmental management development and innovation in China. Traditional environmental protection form have been innovated by many developed countries, especially in the United States, new policies and conventional instruments are well conformed. By comparing practical problems and gaps in China with international experiences, key factors and system arrangements of regional environmental management are discussed and several suggestions about how to achieve efficient corporation are proposed.

Key words: regional management, trans-boundary pollution, environmental management mechanism, cooperation

摘要： 区域环境管理与合作有助于从区域的角度出发解决污染问题以及由于跨界污染引发的利益冲突和纠纷; 同时由于区域管理可以从整体上协调, 有助于在区域内有效配置环保投资使其效益最大化, 并推进整个区域的协调发展。从属地控制过渡到区域管理是中国环境管理制度发展与变革的方向之一, 构建合理的区域环境管理与合作机制至关重要。作者在总结国外已有经验的基础上讨论了区域环境管理的关键因素与制度安排, 结合中国在区域环境管理与合作实践中存在的问题分析其受制条件, 提出构建区域环境管理与合作机制的几点思考。

关键词: 区域管理, 跨界污染, 环境管理机制, 合作