| Equitable utilisation and effective protection of sharing transboundary water resources: international rivers of western China |
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| 作者姓名： | HE Da-ming LIU Xiu-juan |
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| 作者单位： | 1. Asian International River Centre，Yunnan University，Kunming 650091，China; 2. Australian Mekong Resource Center，Sydney University，Sydney，Australia |
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| 基金项目： | National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.49631020; The Key Project of “Ninth Five-Year Plan” of the National Program for Science and Technology, No. 2000-K01-02-01 |
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| 摘 要： | 1 Introduction Recently, some important international institutions, like the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank, have pointed out that there will exist water crises, water conflicts, and even water wars in the 21st century. The equitable utilisation and co-ordinated management of the shared freshwater resources in international watercourses (sharing rivers, lakes, and underground water layers) were particularly emphasised and are turning out to be the international hot point an…
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| 收稿时间： | 6/5/2001 12:00:00 AM |
Equitable utilisation and effective protection of sharing transboundary water resources: international rivers of western China |
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| HE Da-ming,LIU Xiu-juan.Equitable utilisation and effective protection of sharing transboundary water resources: international rivers of western China[J].Journal of Geographical Sciences,2001,11(4):490-500. |
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| Authors: | He Da-ming PhD Liu Xiu-juan |
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| Institution: | 1. Asian International River Centre, Yunnan University,
2. Australian Mekong Resource Center, Sydney University, |
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| Abstract: | Western China includes 12 provincial divisions (the 7 provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and; 5 autonomous regions of Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and Guangxi; and one city of Chongqing), which comprise 71.4% of the national land area, 28.5% of the national population and produce 17.5% of the national GDP in China. There are 17 countries that have riparian relationships with western China, most of which are water-short countries. All are listed by UN ESCAP as countries with potential water crisis. The co-operative development and coordinated management of international rivers in western China is an important step toward the implementation of the national Great Western Development program. Taking into account of the national strategy and object hierarchy, as well as the development demand of the western region, it is necessary to pursue the multi-disciplinary study of the equitable allocation, utilisation, and eco-environment protection of transboundary water resources in the region. Such efforts will undoubtedly provide scientific evidence and support for the decision-making of the environmental protection and ecological construction and management in the western regions, the enforcement of the sub-regional economic co-operation, mitigation of trans-boundary conflicts, and enhancing bio-diversity conservation. |
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| Keywords: | water resources utilisation water resources protection international rivers western China |
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