Redressing China's strategy of water resource exploitation

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 503-510

  Ran, Lishan ^a   Lu, Xi Xi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dam construction; Water crisis; Water resources

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY LOSS; CHINA; DAM CONSTRUCTION; POLICY CHANGES; WATER CRISIS; WATER ENGINEERING; WATER RESOURCES EXPLOITATION; WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS;

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; EXPLOITATION; POLICY STRATEGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FLOODING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HYDROPOWER; RESERVOIR; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENGINEERING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVERS; WATER RESOURCES;

CHINA;

EID: 84879503954     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-0002-8     Document Type: Article

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