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Front. Eng    2018, Vol. 5 Issue (1) : 98-108    https://doi.org/10.15302/J-FEM-2018084
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Social responsibility in infrastructure mega-projects: A case study of ecological compensation for Sousa chinensis during the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Zheming LIU1, Liangyan WANG1(), Zhaohan SHENG2, Xinglin GAO3
1. Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
2. School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
3. Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Authority, Zhuhai 519060, China
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Abstract

Ecological compensation plays an important role in implementing the social responsibility of infrastructure mega-projects. Based on the results of a field study, an in-depth interview, and archive data, this paper introduces the ecological compensation for Sousa chinensis (the Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphin) during the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. It studies the concrete measures, decision-making processes, and organizational collaboration of the ecological compensation, using the method of a case study. The present study not only enriches our understanding of the ecological compensation practice during the construction of infrastructure mega-projects, but also extends the literature on the social responsibility of infrastructure mega-projects. This sheds light on the protection of the environment as well as biodiversity in the construction of future infrastructure mega-projects.
Keywords infrastructure mega-projects      social responsibility      ecological compensation      Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge      Sousa chinensis     
Corresponding Author(s): Liangyan WANG   
Just Accepted Date: 14 December 2017   Online First Date: 11 January 2018    Issue Date: 21 March 2018
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Zheming LIU,Liangyan WANG,Zhaohan SHENG, et al. Social responsibility in infrastructure mega-projects: A case study of ecological compensation for Sousa chinensis during the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge[J]. Front. Eng, 2018, 5(1): 98-108.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/fem/EN/Y2018/V5/I1/98
No. Project Content Compensation estimation (thousand CNY)
1 Construction of Sousa chinensis rescue and nursery bases Ensure the: rescue, nursing, research, release, and rehabilitation of Sousa chinensis 55000
2 Ecological protection research on Sousa chinensis Includes research on ecology, acoustics, behavioral science, reproductive physiology, genetics, disease control, physical and chemical environment, and ingestion 3600
Supervision expenses in the period of construction (six years) (1) One on-site supervision vessel; (2.8 million CNY in budget)
(2) Offshore Sousa chinensis rescue; (3 million CNY in budget)
(3)Vessel operating fee; (5.1 million CNY in budget, including 2.8 million CNY of fuel and 2.3 million CNY of maintenance)		 10900
4 Sousa chinensis monitoring expenses during construction 1 million CNY in budget each year, for a total of six years 6000
5 Food organism enhancement in the reserve Food organism enhancement and release (3 million fish each year; 0.25 CNY per fish for a total of six years) 4500
Total 80000
Tab.1  The first-phase compensation scheme
Fig.1  The decision-making process of ecological compensation for Sousa chinensis in regard to the HZMB
Fig.2  The organizational collaboration processes for ecological compensation regarding Sousa chinensis in the case of the HZMB
Panel A: Evidences from overall estimate
Year Population number
2010 1200
2016 1890
Annual growth rate/% 7.86
Tab.2  The population growth of Sousa chinensis
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