Towards sustainable urban water resource management: a case study in Taijin, China

Towards sustainable urban water resource management: a case study in Taijin, China

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Article ID: iaor20043691
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 24
End Page Number: 35
Publication Date: Feb 2001
Journal: Sustainable Development
Authors: ,
Keywords: developing countries
Abstract:

Sustainable water resource management has become a critical issue for the development of cities that suffer scarce water resources. Tianjin City, located in China's Huaihe basin, one of the most polluted and water-scarce river basins in the country, is a typical example in which water is posing a major constraint to the development. This paper examines the current status of the use of water resources, and the current practices and policy measures taken for water resource management in Tianjin, with a view to drawing lessons through an evaluation of these measures. The study illustrates the role of cities and their complex interaction wih their perpheries for the allocation of scarce water resources, and it suggests that a systems approach should be adopted in order to analyse and understand the complexity of the entire picture. Based on this review and evaluation of Tianjin's experience, the authors propose a framework for sustainable water resource management in cities, emphasizing the importance of taking full consideration of resource/environment capacity and integrated systems approach for problem solving.

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