Title :
An Analysis of the Existing Policy Issues on Water Resources Allocation in the Yellow River Basin of China
Author :
Ma, Jianqin ; Zhang, Zhenwei
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Water Conservancy Eng., North China Univ. of Water Conservancy & Electr. Power, Zhengzhou, China
Abstract :
Water shortage is a critical problem in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) of China. A serial of water allocation policy reforms on the Yellow River have been taken in the lasted 2 decades. However, because of the existing operation institute of water allocation and social problems resulted from historic reasons, the water usage efficiency is too low to impact the sustainable development within the YRB. 4 main factor son the manage problems-low water productivity, low water pricing, ineffective operation institution and lack of consciousness for water law, are pointed out in this paper, and the corresponding measures are given. At last, emergency policy measures in the existing state are also proposed.
Keywords :
environmental management; government policies; rivers; socio-economic effects; sustainable development; water resources; China; Yellow River basin; operation institution; policy issues; social problems; sustainable development; water allocation policy reforms; water law consciousness; water pricing; water productivity; water resources allocation; water shortage; Computers; Distributed control; Monitoring; operation institution; sustainable development; water allocation; water resources; water usage efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Distributed Control and Intelligent Environmental Monitoring (CDCIEM), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-278-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4350-5
DOI :
10.1109/CDCIEM.2011.279
