Application of the environmental Gini coefficient in allocating water governance responsibilities: A case study in Taihu Lake Basin, China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1047-1055

  Zhou, Shenbei ^a   Du, Amin ^a   Bai, Minghao ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjustment programmes; Environmental Gini coefficient; Responsibility allocation; Taihu Lake Basin; Water governance contribution; Water pollution contribution

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECISION MAKING; LAKES; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION;

ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMMES; GINI COEFFICIENTS; RESPONSIBILITY ALLOCATION; TAIHU LAKE BASIN; WATER GOVERNANCE;

WATER POLLUTION;

DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MODEL; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPONSIBILITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECONOMICS; LAKE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHINA; TAIHU BASIN;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHINA; LAKES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84928592302     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.069     Document Type: Article

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