Urban Water Resources Quota Management: The Core Strategy for Water Demand Management in China

YanLing Jiang; YuanSheng Chen; Tamim Younos; HeQing Huang; JianPing He

doi:10.1007/s13280-010-0080-x

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1 November 2010 Urban Water Resources Quota Management: The Core Strategy for Water Demand Management in China

YanLing Jiang, YuanSheng Chen, Tamim Younos, HeQing Huang, JianPing He

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YanLing Jiang,^* YuanSheng Chen,^** Tamim Younos,^*** HeQing Huang,^**** JianPing He^*****

^*YanLing Jiang is an engineer at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Academy of Urban Planning and Design. Her work focuses on urban water resources, water saving, and water demand management. Address: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China. Address: China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, No. 9, Sanlihe Road, Haidian District, 100037 Beijing, China. e-mail: jiangjennify@gmail.com
^**YuanSheng Chen () is an associate professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Chen's interests include urban water management, water-sustainable developing institutions, and water system analysis. Address: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China. e-mail: Chenys@igsnrr.ac.cn
^***Tamini Younos is a Research Professor at the Geography Department and Associate Director of the Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Prof. Younos's research and teaching interests are in watershed assessment and sustainable management of water resources. Address: Water Resources Research Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), 210 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0444, USA. e-mail: tyounos@vt.edu
^****HeQing Huang is a professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Huang's interests include water resources utilization, flood control, and applied research of complexity theory in water and soil resources. Address: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, China. e-mail: Huanghq@igsnrr.ac.cn
^*****JianPing He is the vice director of the Beijing Municipal Center of Water Saving Management. She is a senior engineer. Her interests include water resources management and water saving. Address: Beijing Municipal Center of Water Saving Management, No. 46(c) En Ji Zhuang, Haidian District, 100036 Beijing, China.

AMBIO: A J. of the Human Environment, 39(7):467-475 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0080-x

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Since China has the largest population in the world, the available water resources per capita in China are very limited. With the rapid economic development that is currently occurring, the shortage of water resources at the national level has become extremely critical. How to solve the problems due to water scarcity and water pollution has received increasing attention from the Chinese government and various communities. In order to provide a sustainable development environment for 1.6 billion people in the future, the whole country has started to reform urban water resources management systems in terms of related policies, regulations, methodologies, and technologies focusing on improving the efficiency and effectiveness in water use. Urban water quota management has now become a core strategy in developing a water resources governance model for water demand management aiming at establishing a water-saving society. This paper introduces the main stages and the processes of implementing water quota management in China, analyzes the basic principles, and expounds the elements, information foundation, core module and operational model of the urban water quota management system. It has been demonstrated that urban water quota management has made some remarkable contribution not only in transforming the pattern of water mode and strengthening water management enforcement but also in integrating various management methods in saving water and preventing pollution.

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YanLing Jiang, YuanSheng Chen, Tamim Younos, HeQing Huang, and JianPing He "Urban Water Resources Quota Management: The Core Strategy for Water Demand Management in China," AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment 39(7), 467-475, (1 November 2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0080-x

Received: 19 November 2008; Accepted: 30 June 2010; Published: 1 November 2010

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