UID:
edoccha_9958091325102883
Umfang:
xxxiii, 160 pages :
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illustrations, maps ;
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27 cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-95971-5
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9786611959715
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0-8213-7825-2
Serie:
World Bank e-Library.
Inhalt:
China faces a major challenge in managing its scarce water resources to sustain economic growth in the years ahead. This report provides an overview of China's water scarcity situation, assesses the policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. The issues covered in the report are water governance, water rights, water pricing and affordability, watershed ecological compensation, water pollution control, and emergency prevention. The report's recommendations identify the key measures needed to effectively address these issues.
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Introduction -- Water scarcity in China : current situation -- Water resources management in China : an overview of determinant variables -- Improving water governance -- Deepening water rights administration and developing water markets -- Improving efficiency and equity in water pricing -- Protecting ecosystems in river basins through market-oriented eco-compensation instruments -- Controlling water pollution -- Preventing water pollution disasters -- Summary, action plan and issues for the future.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-7645-4
Sprache:
Englisch
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