Title :
A policy analysis approach to building a water-saving city in China: A Harbin case study
Author :
He, Jia ; Walker, Warren E.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Technol., Policy, & Manage., Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
Abstract :
While enjoying rapid economic development, China has been facing increasingly severe water scarcity. One objective of many local governments is to become a `water-saving city´. In order to achieve this objective, local governments in China require an efficient method to structurally analyze their water quantity and water quality problems. Based on the classical American policy analysis approach, we present an approach to building water-saving cities that is especially designed for Chinese local government water policy decisionmaking. We use a case study for the city of Harbin to demonstrate this approach.
Keywords :
decision making; government policies; local government; sustainable development; town and country planning; water quality; Harbin China; local governments; rapid economic development; water policy decision making; water quality problems; water quantity problems; water scarcity; water-saving city; Agriculture; Cities and towns; Companies; Economic indicators; Productivity; Water pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Infrastructure Systems and Services: Next Generation Infrastructure Systems for Eco-Cities (INFRA), 2010 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenzhen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8477-5
DOI :
10.1109/INFRA.2010.5679207