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Exploration and evaluation of effective integrated water management in the development of agricultural production systems

Author(s): A case study in the Yellow River Basin in China
Author(s): Cailing Hu

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AbstractTitle:
Exploration and evaluation of effective integrated water management in the development of

agricultural production systems: A case study in the Yellow River Basin in China

Content:
Because of the

scarcity of water resources in its different regions, the Yellow River Basin has significant projects balancing water

supply and demand for the northen regions of China. In the higher reaches, the agricultural production systems are

expected to improve under the national strategic policy. However, between regions there exist different economic

conditions and management requirements in the implementation of sustainable agricultural development. Yet the same

water policies and management issues are applied for the whole river when logically different policies should be

designed for the varying environmental conditions and socio-economic conditions of the river basin.
This paper

seeks a way to identify an effective integrated management of water resources in the context of sustainable

development of agricultural production in the Yangtze River Basin and the relationships between the planning system

and policy implementation in practice with respect to water use in the agricultural production systems at basin level in

China.
The paper also examines whether the significant principles within integrated water management and their

influence on the consideration of institutions are sufficiently specific and appropriate to the chages in the agricultural

production system and economic value of improvements to integrated water resources management at basin

level.

Keywords: integrated water management, development, agriculture

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Cailing Hu
Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development,
Department of Planning,
Oxford

Brookes University,
Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
Email: cailinghu@hotmail.com

cailinghu@brookes.ac.uk
Tel: +441865 483448
Fax: +441865 483559

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Exploration and evaluation of effective integrated water management in the development of agricultural production systems