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Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china

Water Scarcity and drought are recurrent phenomena in China. In the context of environmental change, an increasing tendency in drought frequency and severity is observed in China in recent years. Therefore, it is imperative to take necessary initiatives to reduce the impacts of drought. In this pape...

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Main Authors:	Xiao-jun, Wang, Jian-yun, Zhang, Shahid, Shamsuddin, ElMahdi, Amgad, Rui-min, He, Zhen-xin, Bao, Ali, Mahtab
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Published:	Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33952/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-011-9352-4
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spelling	my.utm.339522017-02-16T00:31:40Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33952/ Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china Xiao-jun, Wang Jian-yun, Zhang Shahid, Shamsuddin ElMahdi, Amgad Rui-min, He Zhen-xin, Bao Ali, Mahtab TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Water Scarcity and drought are recurrent phenomena in China. In the context of environmental change, an increasing tendency in drought frequency and severity is observed in China in recent years. Therefore, it is imperative to take necessary initiatives to reduce the impacts of drought. In this paper, an attempt is made to identify the best water management strategies to cope with droughts. For this objective the records of historical droughts and their impacts in China over the period of 1950-2009 are analyzed. It is observed that the drought affected area has increased nearly by 12 folds and the drought damaged area has increased by about 22 times in China in last 60 years. Over 87,000 reservoirs were built with a total water storage capacity of about 7,064 billion m3 to cope with droughts. However, this structural supply-based management strategy was not enough to meet the increasing water demand caused by rapid economic development and population growth. A typical relationship between socio-economic development and water resources management strategy to attain sustainability in water management is developed in this study. The relationship shows that the demand-side water management strategies can be the best option to meet the challenges posed by increased severity of drought, population growth, economic development and possible climate change. The concept is later verified through the analysis of changing pattern of water consumptions by different sectors in last 60 years Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012-12 Article PeerReviewed Xiao-jun, Wang and Jian-yun, Zhang and Shahid, Shamsuddin and ElMahdi, Amgad and Rui-min, He and Zhen-xin, Bao and Ali, Mahtab (2012) Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 17 (8). pp. 923-937. ISSN 1381-2386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-011-9352-4 DOI:10.1007/s11027-011-9352-4
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topic	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Xiao-jun, Wang Jian-yun, Zhang Shahid, Shamsuddin ElMahdi, Amgad Rui-min, He Zhen-xin, Bao Ali, Mahtab Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
description	Water Scarcity and drought are recurrent phenomena in China. In the context of environmental change, an increasing tendency in drought frequency and severity is observed in China in recent years. Therefore, it is imperative to take necessary initiatives to reduce the impacts of drought. In this paper, an attempt is made to identify the best water management strategies to cope with droughts. For this objective the records of historical droughts and their impacts in China over the period of 1950-2009 are analyzed. It is observed that the drought affected area has increased nearly by 12 folds and the drought damaged area has increased by about 22 times in China in last 60 years. Over 87,000 reservoirs were built with a total water storage capacity of about 7,064 billion m3 to cope with droughts. However, this structural supply-based management strategy was not enough to meet the increasing water demand caused by rapid economic development and population growth. A typical relationship between socio-economic development and water resources management strategy to attain sustainability in water management is developed in this study. The relationship shows that the demand-side water management strategies can be the best option to meet the challenges posed by increased severity of drought, population growth, economic development and possible climate change. The concept is later verified through the analysis of changing pattern of water consumptions by different sectors in last 60 years
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author	Xiao-jun, Wang Jian-yun, Zhang Shahid, Shamsuddin ElMahdi, Amgad Rui-min, He Zhen-xin, Bao Ali, Mahtab
author_facet	Xiao-jun, Wang Jian-yun, Zhang Shahid, Shamsuddin ElMahdi, Amgad Rui-min, He Zhen-xin, Bao Ali, Mahtab
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title	Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
title_short	Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
title_full	Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
title_fullStr	Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
title_full_unstemmed	Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china
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Water resources management strategy for adaptation to droughts in china

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