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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

3. Addressing Water Challenges and Safeguarding Water Security: China’s Thought, Action, and Practice

Author : Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China

Published in: Global Water Security

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

This analysis provides an all-round description of the situation and challenges of water security in China, introducing the overall guiding thoughts, effective strategies formulated, and pragmatic measures adopted. The author analyses in detail the phased targets, policies unveiled, institutions and mechanisms established, and progress achieved of China’s water security strategies. In the analysis, ten concrete cases are offered to exhibit the combination of policy and technology innovations in the implementation process, presenting China’s solutions to the variety of water security challenges. The author concludes the discussion by calling for more international cooperation in the joint realisation of the water-related Sustainable Development Goals.

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Metadata
Title
Addressing Water Challenges and Safeguarding Water Security: China’s Thought, Action, and Practice
Author
Ministry of Water Resources, People’s Republic of China
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Global Water Security

Print ISBN: 978-981-10-7912-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-10-7913-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7913-9_3