Addressing China’s Growing Water Shortages and Associated Social and Environmental Consequences

China has experienced a wide-scale and rapid transformation from an agricultural based economy to the manufacturing workshop of the world. The associated relocation of the population from relatively low density rural areas to very high density urban areas is having a significant impact on the quanti...

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Main Author:	Shalizi, Zmarak
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE WATER DEMAND AGGREGATE WATER USE AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF ALLOCATION OF WATER ANIMAL PRODUCTION ANNUAL PRECIPITATION AQUATIC LIFE AQUATIC SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY OF WATER AVAILABLE WATER BENEFICIAL USES CHANNELS CLEAN WATER CLIMATIC SHOCKS COASTAL AREAS COD CONSUMPTION OF WATER COST OF WATER CULTIVATED AREA DEEP WELLS DELTAS DEMAND FOR WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT DEMAND MANAGEMENT POLICIES DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION DRAINAGE DRINKING WATER DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DROUGHT ECOSYSTEM EFFECTIVE DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ESTUARIES FARMERS FISHING FLOOD PROTECTION FRESH WATER FRESHWATER LAKES GLACIERS GROSS VALUE GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER TABLES HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLDS INCENTIVES FOR USERS INDUSTRIAL GROWTH INDUSTRIAL USE INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER INDUSTRIAL WATER INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS IRRIGATION LARGE URBAN CENTERS LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION MARINE AREAS MINISTRY OF WATER MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGES MUNICIPALITIES PESTICIDES POINT SOURCES POLLUTION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION GROWTH RATE PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUMPING QUALITY OF WATER RAINFALL RAW SEWAGE RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES RESIDENTIAL DEMAND RIVER BASIN RIVER BASINS RIVERS RURAL VILLAGES SALTWATER INTRUSION SCARCE WATER SCARCE WATER RESOURCES SILT SUBSIDENCE SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE RUNOFF SURFACE WATER SUSTAINABLE USE SUSTAINABLE WATER TOILETS TREATING WASTEWATER URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER USE OF WATER WASHING WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER ALLOCATION WATER AVAILABILITY WATER BODIES WATER CHARGES WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEFICIT WATER DEMAND WATER DIVERSION WATER FLOW WATER LOGGING WATER MANAGEMENT WATER MARKETS WATER NEEDS WATER POLLUTION WATER PRICES WATER PRICING WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY WATER REQUIREMENTS WATER RESOURCE WATER RIGHTS WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SHORTAGE WATER SHORTAGES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER USE WATER USE EFFICIENCY WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATIONS WATER UTILIZATION WATER WITHDRAWALS WATERS WATERSHEDS WATERWAYS WELLS WUA
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