Introduction to the Sustainable Utilization and Management of Water Resources (Supported by the Special Research Fund for Doctoral Programs of Higher Education and the "Project 211" Construction Fund of Wuhan University of Technology)

Author: Feng Shangyou
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book is suitable as a reference for senior undergraduate and graduate students majoring in water resources, water planning and management, environmental management, ecological environment, systems engineering, and other related fields in higher education institutions. It can also be used by professionals engaged in water resources planning and management, environmental management, planning management, and administrative management. The book is oriented towards sustainable development, systematically discusses the basic principles and methods of sustainable water resource management, reveals the fundamental principles of water resource utilization based on ecological water management, establishes the ecological-economic system foundation for water resource utilization, proposes planning principles, methods, and management mechanisms for sustainable water resource utilization, and describes these principles, methods, and mechanisms using mathematical models. It establishes the property rights theory of water resources and proposes an analytical method for reasonably and effectively allocating water resources based on water resource property rights and fairness principles through the market. By analyzing the value of natural resources, ecological environment, and water resources, it provides methods for determining the market price of water resources and various analytical methods for environmental value assessment. It also proposes concepts and specific measures for water resource accounting and incorporating it into the national economic accounting system. Finally, it studies the basic content and determination methods of water resource carrying capacity and environmental carrying capacity.