Staff View: Addressing China's Water Scarcity : Recommendations for Selected Water Resource Management Issues

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Addressing China's Water Scarcity : Recommendations for Selected Water Resource Management Issues

This report reviews China's water scarcity situation, assesses the policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. It is a synthesis of the main findings and recommendations from...

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Main Author:	Xie, Jian
Other Authors:	Liebenthal, Andres
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ADEQUATE WATER ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AGRICULTURAL WATER AGRICULTURAL WATER USE ALLOCATION OF WATER ALLOCATION OF WATER RIGHTS ALLOCATION PROCESS ALLOCATION SYSTEM ANNUAL BUDGETS ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS AVAILABLE WATER AVAILABLE WATER RESOURCES BASIN ECOSYSTEMS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND BOD CANCER CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHANNEL CHANNELS CIVIL SOCIETY CLEAN-UP CLIMATE CHANGE COD CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONSTRUCTION CONSUMPTIVE USE COST OF WATER COST RECOVERY COST RECOVERY POLICIES CUBIC METER DECISION MAKING DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DESALINATION DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRINKING WATER ECOSYSTEM EFFICIENT USE OF WATER EFFICIENT WATER USE EFFLUENT ENFORCEABLE RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EXPLOITABLE WATER FARMERS FLOOD CONTROL FOOD SECURITY FRESHWATER RESOURCES GAS GLOBAL WARMING GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER DEPLETION GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT GROUNDWATER WITHDRAWALS HOUSEHOLDS INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGES INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INFORMATION DISCLOSURE INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAKES LAND USE LEGISLATION LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL WATER LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MANAGEMENT OF WATER MORTALITY RATE MUNICIPAL SEWAGE MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NITROGEN NONPOINT SOURCES PERMITS PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS PIPED WATER POLLUTION CONTROL POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS POLLUTION DISCHARGE POPULATION GROWTH PROGRAMS PROTECTION OF WETLANDS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS QUOTAS RAINFALL PATTERNS RECHARGE REMOTE SENSING RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RESERVOIRS RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS RESOURCE CONSERVATION RIVER BASIN RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT RIVER BASINS RIVERS SAFE DRINKING WATER SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SCARCITY OF WATER SCIENCES SEA SEAS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SMALL CITIES SMALL TOWNS SUBSIDENCE SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WATER SURFACE WATER BODIES SURFACE WATER QUALITY SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER USE TARIFF REFORM TARIFF STRUCTURE TOWN TOXIC CHEMICALS TRANSFER OF WATER RIGHTS TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER UTILITIES VARIABLE RAINFALL WASTE DISPOSAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE CONTROL WASTEWATER SERVICES WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY WATER ABSTRACTION WATER AFFAIRS WATER ALLOCATION WATER ALLOCATIONS WATER AVAILABILITY WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER CONTENT WATER CRISIS WATER DEMAND WATER DEVELOPMENT WATER ENTITLEMENTS WATER EXPLOITATION WATER GOVERNANCE WATER LAW WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WATER MARKET WATER MARKETS WATER MONITORING WATER POLICY WATER POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION CONTROL WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY DATA WATER QUALITY INDEX WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT WATER QUANTITY WATER RECYCLING WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER REUSE WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY ACTIVITIES WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TABLES WATER TARIFF WATER TARIFFS WATER TRANSFER WATER USE WATER USER WATER USERS WATER USES WATER UTILITIES WATER WITHDRAWAL WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERSHEDS
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090114011126 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2585