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The Water Status in China and an Adaptive Governance Frame for Water Management

China is increasingly facing water-related problems, such as water scarcity, pollution, and overexploitation of groundwater. This paper discusses the water status in China and claims that governance is the cause of water-related problems. The structure of the current water management is analyzed to...

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Autores principales: Li, Jiahong, Lei, Xiaohui, Qiao, Yu, Kang, Aiqing, Yan, Peiru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7143287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32245202
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062085
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description China is increasingly facing water-related problems, such as water scarcity, pollution, and overexploitation of groundwater. This paper discusses the water status in China and claims that governance is the cause of water-related problems. The structure of the current water management is analyzed to conclude that the control-command is a static approach which is less capable of dealing with the uncertainty in the water resources system. An adaptive governance frame is introduced, which highlights the learning process and participation. The learning process avoids making the same mistake twice and the participation ensures the diversity of information, which are both necessary for water resources management.
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spelling pubmed-71432872020-04-14 The Water Status in China and an Adaptive Governance Frame for Water Management Li, Jiahong Lei, Xiaohui Qiao, Yu Kang, Aiqing Yan, Peiru Int J Environ Res Public Health Article China is increasingly facing water-related problems, such as water scarcity, pollution, and overexploitation of groundwater. This paper discusses the water status in China and claims that governance is the cause of water-related problems. The structure of the current water management is analyzed to conclude that the control-command is a static approach which is less capable of dealing with the uncertainty in the water resources system. An adaptive governance frame is introduced, which highlights the learning process and participation. The learning process avoids making the same mistake twice and the participation ensures the diversity of information, which are both necessary for water resources management. MDPI 2020-03-21 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7143287/ /pubmed/32245202 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062085 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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