China's water management - challenges and solutions

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1311-1321

  Jiang, Yanan ^a,b   Chan, Faith Ka Shun ^b,c   Holden, Joseph ^b   Zhao, Yaqian ^d   Guan, Dabo ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM NINGBO CHINA   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

China; Climate extremes; Flood risk; Pollution; Water resources management; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891706080     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2013.161     Document Type: Article

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