The Connotation and Extension of Agricultural Water Resources Security

doi:10.1016/S1671-2927(07)60011-X

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 11-16

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to define agricultural water resources security and its connotation and extension. The definitions of water security, water resources security, and water environment security were summarized, and their relationship was differentiated and analyzed. Based on these, the elements of the conception of agricultural water resources security were hashed and the conception was defined. Agricultural water resources security is the provision of water resource that ensures protection of agriculture against threat, hazards, destruction, and loss. Moreover, the connotation and extension of agricultural water resources security were ascertained. In detail, the connotation of the definition has natural attributes, socioeconomic attributes, and cultural attributes. The extensions of agricultural water resources security include both broad and narrow ones, as well as, food security, agroenvironmental security, agroeconomic security, rural society security, etc. The definition will serve as the frame of reference for developing the researches, limiting the frame of the theory, and founding a appraising system for agricultural water resources security.

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The Connotation and Extension of Agricultural Water Resources Security

Abstract

Differentiating and analyzing the concept of water security

The China Water Resources

Discussing water security

The China Water Resources

Providing water security is the main objective of modern irrigation works in the 21st century

Design of Hydroelectric Power Station

Discussion of the warning mechanism of water resources security

Productivity Research

Multi-objective and multilevel fuzzy optimization model its application water security evaluation

Resources Science

The issues of China's water safety in the 21st century

Chinese Environmental Management