Watershed Water Resource Sustainable Utilization Assurance System: Theory and Practice: Theory and Practice

Author: Yang Zhifeng
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: This book offers unique insights into the rational utilization and allocation of river basin water resources in water-scarce northern China, closely integrating theory with practice. It serves as a reference for water resource management personnel, planners, environmental scientists, and ecological conservation professionals, as well as for faculty and students in related fields at universities. Guided by the theory of sustainable development, the book examines the holistic nature of natural river basins, their multiple values in supporting socio-economic development and maintaining ecological balance, as well as their close correlation with other natural resource developments. It systematically discusses key issues in sustainable water resource utilization based on river basins, including water value and allocation theory, the establishment of sustainable utilization indicators, river basin management mechanisms, and legal framework development. The book proposes solutions for coordinating inter-regional water use conflicts within river basins, harmonizing river basin water resource management and protection systems, and establishing river basin cooperative management agencies. Taking the Guanting Reservoir Basin, one of Beijing's major surface water sources, as a case study, the book analyzes the root causes of deteriorating water quality in the basin. It also applies the theoretical methods presented in the book to practical implementations of water resource development, protection, and management system construction, providing both theoretical and practical case studies that enhance the operability and applicability of the proposed theories and methods.