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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Yan Tu, Hongwei Shi, Xiaoyang Zhou, Benjamin Lev
Summary: This paper constructs a comprehensive bi-level multi-objective programming (BLMOP) model considering uncertain risks and water market, aiming to achieve environmental protection, equality, and economic development. The water market is introduced as a redistribution mechanism, and conditional value-at-risk (CVaR) constraints play a significant role. The results show that the proposed model is effective in ensuring the sustainability, equality, and efficiency of river basin water resources allocation (RBWRA).
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Chow Hock Lim, Hui Ling Wong, Rahmah Elfithri, Fang Yenn Teo
Summary: This study conducted a systematic bibliometric analysis to identify trends, patterns, and research gaps in stakeholder engagement frameworks for integrated river basin management (IRBM). The analysis revealed that while there is abundant literature on the implementation of IRBM and the importance of stakeholder engagement, there is limited research on how to effectively engage stakeholders for water management at the river basin level. The findings highlight the need for further research to develop an effective stakeholder engagement framework for sustainable water management at the river basin level.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Lanzhen Wu, Chen Qian, Yilin Shen, Dongyuan Sun
Summary: This study evaluated the vulnerability of water resources in the Shule River Basin in northwest China and found that it was between severe and moderate from 2005 to 2021. The analysis showed that natural vulnerability factors had a low impact on water resource vulnerability, but their impact increased in 2020-2021. Factors of anthropogenic vulnerability had a relatively low impact, and factors of carrying capacity vulnerability had a significant impact initially but decreased over time.
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Environmental Sciences
Yang Liu, Jun Wang, Shengle Cao, Bo Han, Shiliang Liu, Dan Chen
Summary: Traditional river water resources assessment often deals with water quantity and quality separately, and how to integrate them for an objective evaluation remains unclear. This paper proposes a new framework and index to quantify the disturbance degree of human activities to the near-natural relationship between water quality and discharge rate, providing a more objective evaluation of integrated water resources management.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mingyue Li, Dong Liang, Jun Xia, Jinxi Song, Dandong Cheng, Jintao Wu, Yelin Cao, Haotian Sun, Qi Li
Summary: The water conservation function of the Danjiang River Basin tends to decrease under the comprehensive influence of various factors. The study identified Shangnan County, the southern part of Danfeng County and the northern part of Shanyang County as important water conservation areas, which should be regarded as key and priority protection areas in the regional water resource and ecological protection.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuxi Xie, Weihua Zeng, Yinglan Xue, Yue Zhuo
Summary: Horizontal/interregional eco-compensation is an important policy for promoting regional ecological and environmental cooperation and achieving sustainable development in river basins. Using the Yellow River basin as an example, the integrated water rights (IWRs) scheme has effectively addressed issues such as water resource shortages, low utilization efficiency, and weak water environmental carrying capacity. The evidence shows improvements in increased revenue, improved water use efficiency, and decreased water environmental carrying rate.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chuanxiu Liu, Yaning Chen, Gonghuan Fang, Honghua Zhou, Wenjing Huang, Yongchang Liu, Xuanxuan Wang, Zhi Li
Summary: Hydrological connectivity has a significant impact on water environment and wetland ecological security, but the mechanism between hydrological connectivity and water quality is not fully understood. This study used a landscape connectivity approach to assess the connectivity of water patches in the Bosten Lake Basin and analyzed its response to human activities and climate change. The results showed a strong correlation between hydrological connectivity and water area, water level, and improved water quality.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fubo Zhao, Shuai Ma, Yiping Wu
Summary: Global warming is expected to change precipitation and evapotranspiration patterns, affecting surface water availability. In the Yellow River Basin, a study found that dry-season water availability decreased from 1982-2016, driven mainly by changes in climate and vegetation. Future water resources management in the region should consider seasonal water fluxes and the impacts of climate and vegetation changes.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Desirree Cristine Pena Vieira Leal, Anelise Nardi Huffner, Lindemberg Lima Fernandes, Manoel Jose dos Santos Sena, Katiucia do Nascimento Adam
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of land use and land cover changes on the flow regime in the Ibicul river basin. The results show that the reduction in forest coverage associated with agriculture land use leads to an increase in average monthly flows and the reference flow Q90.
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter Debaere, Tianshu Li
Summary: The study finds that the water market reforms in the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia have led to changes in water allocation, particularly during drought periods. Technological improvements have helped increase water productivity, and there has been a shift in activity between agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shun Hu, Rui Ma, Ziyong Sun, Mengyan Ge, Linglin Zeng, Feng Huang, Jianwei Bu, Zheng Wang
Summary: The overexploitation of water resources in northwestern China has led to severe ecological degradation and desertification in some arid inland river basins. Ecological water conveyance (EWC) has been identified as an important and effective measure to alleviate or restore the degraded vegetation ecosystem. This study used long time series normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to extract restored vegetation areas and determine optimal ecological water conveyance volume (EWCV) based on the relationship between vegetation coverage and EWC.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chang Feng, Liu Yang, Longfei Han
Summary: This study analyzes the spatiotemporal variations in blue and green water resources in the Xiangjiang River Basin under historical and future climate change scenarios. By using an improved model calibration method, it is found that blue water resources and green water storage will decrease, while green water flow will increase in the future. Incorporating green water into future water resource management in the region is deemed essential.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaofan Qi, Wenpeng Li, Yuejun Zheng, Huqun Cui, Weidong Kang, Zhenying Liu, Xinmin Shao
Summary: The arid endorheic basin of northwest China has rich land resources, water shortage, and a fragile ecological environment. This paper uses multi-source observation data to establish a coupled model of groundwater and surface water, analyzing the change in water cycles and the sustainable utilization of water resources in the basin. The study shows that there are differences in the balance of groundwater under the influence of natural conditions and human activities, and suggestions are made to improve agricultural water savings and control the scale of cultivated land.
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Engineering, Civil
Ke Zhu, Xintong Qiu, Yiwen Luo, Miaolin Dai, Xiaoqi Lu, Chuanfu Zang, Weiqiang Zhang, Xianhua Gan, Wuyun Zhula
Summary: This study used the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of water resources in typical ecosystems in the Dongjiang River Basin over the last 50 years. The findings revealed significant changes in the total quantity of water resources in the basin, influenced by precipitation and temperature. The water resources of typical ecosystems showed a declining trend, with the total quantity of water resources in the forest ecosystem increasing and then decreasing. Changes in land use were identified as a significant factor in the evolution of water resources.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Zhixiang Lu, Qi Feng, Shengchun Xiao, Jiali Xie, Songbing Zou, Qiu Yang, Jianhua Si
Summary: This study analysed the comprehensive effects of an ecological water diversion project in Heihe River Basin since 2000, revealing feedback loops between hydrological, ecological, and socio-economic systems that require coordination to ensure harmony between water resources, ecosystems, and the socio-economic environment.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Yong-Ji Xue, Ting Deng, KuoRay Mao
Article
Criminology & Penology
Kuoray Mao, Zhong Zhao
Summary: This article explores the role of authoritarian states in commodifying freshwater resources in illiberal societies. The collusion between global capitalism and national authoritarian interests has had an impact on the legal structure, regulation enforcement, and institutional practices of public-private partnerships in China's municipal water systems, leading to failures in the provision of drinking water. It also discusses China's state capitalist expansion into the global water utilities market and its potential implications for environmental concerns in the Global South. The study reveals that the collusion between neoliberal and authoritarian capitalist expansions contributes to growing inequalities and lower environmental governance standards in the Global South. The authors emphasize the need to view water privatization-related environmental and public health disasters as transnational crimes rather than solely focusing on regulatory mechanisms at the nation-state level.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR CRIME JUSTICE AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
(2023)
Article
Criminology & Penology
KuoRay Mao, Shuqin Jin, Yu Hu, Nefratiri Weeks, Liangjun Ye
Summary: This study examines the formulation and implementation of national environmental regulations in China from 2014 to 2019 and finds that conflicting interpretations of the policies resulted from the different jurisdictions. The study argues that these regulations are not only aimed at reducing environmental pollution caused by animal husbandry expansion, but also serve as state-led rural development initiatives aiming to reconfigure land use and promote agricultural structural adjustment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Area Studies
Yongji Xue, KuoRay Mao, Nefratiri Weeksb, Jingyi Xiaoa
Summary: The contradictory outcomes of China's rural reform since 1978 are rooted in conflicting policy goals, with the Chinese central government resorting to a top-down, campaign-style approach, creating conflicting objectives between short-term quota fulfillment and sustainable structural adjustment policies. The socio-environmental contradictions emerging from rural transformations in China must be viewed within the global political economic context that favors growth oriented, efficiency-based development strategies.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Louis E. Swanson, KuoRay Mao
JOURNAL OF EXTENSION
(2019)
Article
Development Studies
KuoRay Mao, Eric A. Hanley
JOURNAL OF AGRARIAN CHANGE
(2018)
Article
Criminology & Penology
KuoRay Mao
CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY
(2018)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xiuxia Li, Lili Wei, Wenru Shang, Xin Xing, Min Yin, Juan Ling, Kuoray Mao, Yiliang Zhu, Kehu Yang
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HEIDELBERG
(2018)
Article
Sociology
Kay Kei-ho Pih, Akihiko Hirose, KuoRay Mao
SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY
(2012)
Article
Criminology & Penology
Kay Kei-ho Pih, Akihiko Hirose, KuoRay Mao
TRENDS IN ORGANIZED CRIME
(2010)
Article
Development Studies
KuoRay Mao, Qian Zhang
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2018)