Distributing Responsibilities for Climate Adaptation: Examples from the Water Domain

It is often assumed that climate adaptation policy asks for new responsibility arrangements between central government and citizens, with citizens getting a more prominent role. This prompts the question under which conditions these new responsibility arrangements can be justified as they may raise serious ethical concerns. Without paying due attention to these ethical concerns, climate adaptation policy may be unsuccessful and even be considered illegitimate. This paper aims to address this topic by exploring some examples of climate adaptation responses and their associated ethical challenges. The examples from the water domain differ in terms of their primary beneficiaries and the extent to which they are prone to collective action problems. Discussion of the examples shows that any shift of responsibilities towards citizens should be accompanied by a governmental responsibility to make sure that citizens are indeed able to assume these responsibilities and a responsibility to see to it that the greater involvement of responsibilities does not create disproportional inequalities.

The Governmental Responsibility of Relief Measure in the Process of Implementing Anti-Domestic Violence

The frst Anti-Domestic Violence Law of the People's Republic of China came into effect on March 1, 2016, which flledthe vacancy of anti-domestic violence law in the legal system of China. The anti-domestic violence law is aimed at preventing andavoiding domestic violence, protecting lawful rights and interests of family members, maintaining a peaceful, harmonious and civilized family relation and promoting family harmony and social stability. The process of implementing the anti-domestic violencelaw is not accomplished at one stroke; instead, it is a systematic engineering needing to be done with efforts from all directions. Thegovernment, as the strongest supporter of citizens, shall take corresponding responsibilities in the process of implementing the anti-domestic violence law, especially the governmental responsibility of relief measure in the process of implementing anti-domesticviolence.

The Theoretical Value and Realistic Significance of Government Governmental Responsibility Research in Urban Planning Management

Urban planning management can not be implemented without government’s control and coordination. It is governmental responsibility to achieve the harmonious development of the city. Therefore, governmental responsibility we pointed is not only a promise, but also closely related to the confirmation of government function, the structure of government model and political process of the government. It has great theoretical value and realistic significance to do the research on governmental responsibility in Urban Planning Management.