Water Management

The shortage of water is one of the most urgent environmental problems the whole globe is facing. Thus, how to utilize limited water resources to meet increasingly growing demands while maintain the ecological balance is not only the issue of one country, but also the issue shared by the world. When the project of Three Gorges Dam in China has aroused vehement controversy, water management in cities and countries becomes a hot spot again.

On the web:

• Global Web Service on Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management, Japan session.
  China site
  Japan site
  Korea site

In the news:

• Becker, Jasper, "The Ruined Land: China's Water Crisis," Asia Times online, Aug. 26, 27, 28, 29, 2003.

  This long articles includes four parts: "The Death of China's Rivers," "Peasants Bear Brunt  of China's Energy Plans," "China is an Energy Quandary," and "China Awakens to Its Devastated Environment." In these articles, Becker discusses the cause of flood, building of dams, and policy making, associating these issues with another sensitive issue in China: human right.
  1. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EH26Ad01.html
  2. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EH27Ad01.html
  3. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EH28Ad01.html
  4. http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/EH29Ad01.html