China's Water Resources Management: A Long March to Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9783030787813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Seungho Lee

Opis

This book investigates water resources management and policy in China over the last two decades with a core focus on the role of water for socioeconomic development and sustainability. Recent policies, such as the Three Red Lines and the Water Ten Plan are evaluated for sustainable water supply, use and quality control. The book appraises solutions through demand management, water rights and pollution trading, virtual water and water footprint. Supply management is discussed taking examples from the Three Gorges Dam and the South North Water Transfer Project. The water market is investigated uncovering the active engagement of the private sector and includes discussions on how transboundary rivers demonstrate China’s engagement with its riparian countries for benefit sharing. This book will be an invaluable reference for researchers in the field as well as practitioners and students who have an interest in water and development in China. 

Spis treści

1. Introduction (4,000 words)

The chapter provides a short introduction of the book and clarifies the research purposes of the book. Backgrounds and major findings are also discussed coupled with the introduction of the following chapters.

2. Water and development (8,000 words)

A. Water and sustainable development: the trajectory 

B. Water for economic growth

C. Water for social development

D. Water for ecosystems

3. Overview of water resources (8,000 words)

A. Water shortage and supply

B. Water quality

C. Flood and drought

D. Climate change impacts

E. Urban and rural water challenges

F. Competition between different water users

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4. Water governance and institutional settings (8,000 words)

A. Water governance structure

B. Institutional frameworks

C. Organizations 

D. Regulatory frameworks

5. Water shortage and water supply (8,000 words)

A. Serious water stress in North China

B. Pollution-caused water shortage 

C. Overexploitation of groundwater resources

D. The South North Water Transfer Project and other transfer projects

6. Water quality control (8,000 words)

A. Water quality in major rivers, lakes, and aquifers

B. Water quality standards and regulatory frameworks

C. Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), 

7. Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and River Basin Management (8,000 words)

A. IWRM in the Chinese context

B. 7 River Basin Commissions 

C. Water right and allocation between regions

D. The Three Gorges Dam and other multi-purpose dams

E. Large-scale irrigation projects

8. Water industry and market (8,000 words)

A. Development of public private partnership projects in urban areas

B. Urban water governance for water PPP projects

C. Major players

D. Case studies: the Shanghai Pudong Tap Water Corporation Equity Sale Project and the Hefei Wangxiaoying Wastewater Treatment Transfer-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Project (tentative)

9. Transboundary rivers (8,000 words)

A. Overview of China’s transboundary rivers

B. Transboundary water agreements and frameworks

C. Case Studies: the Lancang-Mekong River Basin, the Yalu River Basin, and the Tumen River Basin

10. Innovative institutional approaches and technical breakthroughs (8,000 words)

A. Virtual water and water footprint

B. Water-energy-food nexus

C. Water pricing reforms

D. Cloud seeding, water reuse and recycling, and rainwater harvesting

11. Conclusions (4,000 words)

The chapter concludes what has been discussed and pinpoints a list of significant arguments for sustainable water resources management in China. Together with the summary of major findings, the section highlights challenge and opportunities of water policy in China and make recommendations in order to achieve sustainability in water resources management.

O autorze

Dr. Seungho Lee is Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University. His research interests are diverse, including institutional change in water policy, transboundary water cooperation and conflict, and public private partnership projects in water supply and sanitation services with reference to China, Korea, Southeast Asia and Europe. 

Blurb

This is a monograph with high perspicacity on the  water resources management oriented to sustainable development in the past 20 years in China, which is informative, comprehensive but concise, systematic and in-depth.

Professor Shaofeng Jia, Director, Water Resources Research Department, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 Dr. Lee Seungho has been researching water resource issues in East Asia for decades. His new book, China’s Water Resources Management, is the culmination of those efforts. The book details all aspects of water in China from development of water resources, dams, pricing and pollution control to water pricing and includes considerable detail on cross border river management with neighbouring countries. It is a must read for those interested in China and students of water-related issues.

Dr. Richard Edmonds, Former Editor, The China Quarterly