Water Resources Management in the People's Republic of China (Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance)

Chinese water resource managers face a challenge that is both immense and unique. They must balance limited water supplies against the needs of the world’s largest population; demands for rapid economic growth with calls for improved environmental management; and the desire for a market-based approach to the allocation of water with a history of State ownership and strict government control of all resources. In China, changes are occurring in water resources management that are representative of many of the fundamental changes occurring within Chinese society, on issues such as property rights, community participation, improved environmental management, and the shift towards market-based decision making. This book describes the development of a water rights system in the People’s Republic of China. It covers different aspects of water resources management in China – including water planning, the provision of environmental flows, urban water management, and irrigation district management – and examines how these are being addressed through a rights-based approach. The book includes several detailed examples of the Chinese application of water rights as they address the diverse challenges of different basins across China. This book previously appeared as a special issue of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. The Development Of A Water Rights System In China / Xuetao Sun -- Water Resources Management In The People's Republic Of China / Bin Liu, Robert Speed -- Water Resources Allocation In The People's Republic Of China / Dajun Shen, Robert Speed -- Irrigation Development And Water Rights Reform In China / Roger C. Calow, Simon E. Howarth, Jinxia Wang -- Urban Water Management In China / Martin Cosier, Dajun Shen -- Transferring And Trading Water Rights In The People's Republic Of China / Robert Speed -- Approaches To Providing And Managing Environmental Flows In China / Xiqin Wang, Yuan Zhang, Cassandra James -- An Asset-based, Holistic, Environmental Flows Assessment Approach / Christopher J. Gippel, Nick R. Bond, Cassandra James, Xiqin Wang -- Balancing Environmental Flows Needs And Water Supply Reliability / Christopher Gippel, Martin Cosier, Sharmil Markar, Changshun Liu -- A Harmonious Water Rights Allocation Model For Shiyang River Basin, Gansu Province, China / Zhongjing Wang, Hang Zheng, Xuefeng Wang -- A Water Rights Constitution For Hangjin Irrigation District, Inner Mongolia, China / Hang Zheng, Zhongjing Wang, You Liang, Roger C. Calow -- A Comparison Of Water Rights Systems In China And Australia / Robert Speed. Edited By Sun Xuetao, Robert Speed And Shen Dajun. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.