Water Resources Allocation in the People's Republic of China

Autor:	Dajun Shen, Robert Speed
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	business.industry Environmental resource management Integrated water resources management Water supply Water industry Development Environmental economics Water trading Water resources Water conservation Resource allocation Resource management business Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	International Journal of Water Resources Development. 25:209-225
ISSN:	1360-0648 0790-0627
Popis:	Water resources allocation is a process for changing the natural or status quo distribution of water resources to meet requirements for economic and social development. The uneven distribution of water resources across China, both in space and time, makes water resources allocation of particular importance. China has developed a legal framework for the allocation of water resources that operates at three levels: at the river basin/regional level, at the abstractor level, and within public water supply systems. China has also built related systems to manage these allocations. Water resources allocation planning, and the implementation of related management systems, is occurring across China. However, there are significant problems in respect of how issues of integration and consistency between these three levels of allocation are addressed. Water resources allocation plans will need to be adopted as regulatory instruments, rather than the aspirational targets they currently are, to provide greater certaint...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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