Long-Distance Water Transfer • A Chinese Case Study and International Experiences
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Long-Distance Water Transfer
• A Chinese Case
Study and International Experiences
Table of contents (432 p.)
WATER RESOURCES SERIES • Volume 3
Edited by:
Asit K. Biswas
Zuo Dakang
James E. Nickum
Liu Changming
© Copyright 1983 United Nations University
SERIES DIRECTOR
Asit K. Biswas, Oxford
EDITORIAL BOARD
K.K. Framji, New Delhi; Yahia Abdel Mageed, Khartoum; Yutaka Takahasi, Tokyo; Gilbert F. White, Boulder, Colorado.
Volume 1: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN
INDUSTRIAL AREAS
Selected Papers from the international Symposium held by the
International Water Resources Association (IWRA), 7-11 September
1981, Lisbon, Portugal.
Editors: Leo R. Beard and W.H.C. Maxwell.
Volume 2: WATER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION: Man
and his Environment (Volume 1)
A selection of papers prepared for the IVth World Congress of the
International Water Resources Association (IWRA), 5-9 September
1982, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Volume 3: LONG-DISTANCE WATER TRANSFER: A
Chinese Case Study and International Experiences
Editors: Asit K. Biswas, Zuo Dakang, James E. Nickum and Liu
Changming.
Volume 4: RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT
Proceedings of the National Symposium on River Basin Development,
4-10 December 1981, Dacca, Bangladesh.
Editor-in-Chief: Munir Zaman; Editors: Asit K. Biswas, Amjad H.
Khan and Ainun Nishat.
Volume 5: RAIN AND STORMWATER HARVESTING IN RURAL AREAS: A Report by the United Nations Environment Programme.
Volume 6: WATER FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION: Man
and his Environment (Volume 11)
Proceedings of the IVth World Congress, International Water
Resources Association (IWRA), 5-9 September 1982, Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
Editor: W. Hall C. Maxwell.
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Project, transferring water from south to north.
(Credit: Zuo Dakang)
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Chapter 1.Long-distance water transfer: problems and prospects
Chapter 2. The river Nile: main water transfer projects in Egypt and impacts on Egyptian agriculture
Chapter 3. Agricultural water management and the environment
Chapter 4. Japanese water transfer: a review
Chapter 6. China's south-to-north water transfer proposals
Chapter 7. Natural conditions in the proposed water transfer region
Chapter 8. Land use and crop allocation in the proposed water transfer region
Chapter 9. South-north water transfer project plans
Chapter 10. Environmental implications of water transfer
Chapter 11. Impact of water transfer on the natural environment
Chapter 12. Impact of south-to-north water transfer upon the natural environment
Chapter 13. Institutions and China's long-distance water transfer proposals
Chapter 14. The Chang Jiang diversion project: an overview of economic and environmental issues
Chapter 15. Water balance in the water transfer region
Chapter 17. Preliminary estimation of natural runoff in the Huai He basin
Chapter 18. Shallow groundwater resources of the Huang-Huai-Hai plain
Chapter 19. Potential evaporation and field water consumption in the north China plain
Chapter 21. Using ancient channels to regulate water through storage: the example of the Hebei plain
Chapter 22.On the problem of water supply in the Hai-Luan plain
Chapter 24. The atmospheric moisture balance in the proposed water transfer region
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