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Ensuring water resource security in China; the need for advances in evidence-based policy to support sustainable management

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  • Gu, Shuzhong
  • Jenkins, Alan
  • Gao, Shi-Ji
  • Lu, Yonglong
  • Li, Hong
  • Li, Yuanyuan
  • Ferrier, Robert C.
  • Bailey, Mark
  • Wang, Yiwen
  • Zhang, Yuan
  • Qi, Xuebin
  • Yu, Lili
  • Ding, Liuqian
  • Daniell, Tim
  • Williams, Richard
  • Hannaford, Jamie
  • Acreman, Mike
  • Kirk, Stuart
  • Liu, Hongxian
  • Liu, Zhengtao
  • Luo, Liangguo
  • Yan, Denghua
  • Liu, Xuejun
  • Yu, Fang
  • Wang, Dong
  • Zhang, Bing
  • Ding, Aizhong
  • Xie, Xiangrong
  • Liu, Jing
  • Ma, Chao
  • Jobson, Anita

Abstract

China currently faces a water resource sustainability problem which is likely to worsen into the future. The Chinese government is attempting to address this problem through legislative action, but faces severe challenges in delivering its high ambitions. The key challenges revolve around the need to balance water availability with the need to feed a growing population under a changing climate and its ambitions for increased economic development. This is further complicated by the complex and multi-layered government departments, often with overlapping jurisdictions, which are not always aligned in their policy implementation and delivery mechanisms. There remain opportunities for China to make further progress and this paper reports on the outcomes of a science-to-policy roundtable meeting involving scientists and policy-makers in China. It identifies, in an holistic manner, new opportunities for additional considerations for policy implementation, continued and new research requirements to ensure evidence-based policies are designed and implemented and identifies the needs and opportunities to effectively monitor their effectiveness. Other countries around the world can benefit from assessing this case study in China.

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  • Gu, Shuzhong & Jenkins, Alan & Gao, Shi-Ji & Lu, Yonglong & Li, Hong & Li, Yuanyuan & Ferrier, Robert C. & Bailey, Mark & Wang, Yiwen & Zhang, Yuan & Qi, Xuebin & Yu, Lili & Ding, Liuqian & Daniell, T, 2017. "Ensuring water resource security in China; the need for advances in evidence-based policy to support sustainable management," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 65-69.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:enscpo:v:75:y:2017:i:c:p:65-69
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.008
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    1. Fan, Jing-Li & Kong, Ling-Si & Zhang, Xian, 2018. "Synergetic effects of water and climate policy on energy-water nexus in China: A computable general equilibrium analysis," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 308-317.
    2. Feng Zhou & Weici Su & Fengtai Zhang, 2019. "Influencing Indicators and Quantitative Assessment of Water Resources Security in Karst Region Based on PSER Model—The Case of Guizhou," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-17, October.
    3. Mingjing Guo & Ziyu Jiang & Yan Bu & Jinhua Cheng, 2019. "Supporting Sustainable Development of Water Resources: A Social Welfare Maximization Game Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(16), pages 1-15, August.
    4. Yan Tu & Kai Chen & Huayi Wang & Zongmin Li, 2020. "Regional Water Resources Security Evaluation Based on a Hybrid Fuzzy BWM-TOPSIS Method," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-24, July.

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