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Addressing the uneven distribution of water quantity and quality wndowment : Physical and Virtual Water Transfer Within China
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- Creator
- Yiping Li, Harold Lyonel Feukam Nzudie, Xu Zhao, Hua Wang
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Singapore : Springer, 2019
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (86 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9789811391637, 9811391637, 9789811391620, 9811391629, 9789811391620
- OCLC
- on1107589218
- 6.4.1 Method
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Intro; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; References; 2 Comparison of Physical and Virtual Water Transfer; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Review on Physical Water Transfer Projects and Their Impacts; 2.2.1 Water Transfer Projects in the World; 2.2.2 The South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China; 2.2.3 Water Transfer Projects for Water Quality Improvement; 2.2.4 Multidimensional Impacts from Water Transfer Project; 2.2.5 Water Transfer Projects and Their Water Availability Related to Climate Change; 2.3 Review on Virtual Water Transfer
- 2.3.1 Virtual Water Accounting Approaches2.3.2 Virtual Water Trade and Its Impact on Water Scarcity; 2.3.3 Global Water Savings from Virtual Water Trade; 2.3.4 Virtual Water Trade as a Food Security Tool; 2.3.5 Virtual Water as an Efficient Water Use and Water Policy Tool; 2.3.6 Driving Forces of Virtual Water Trade; 2.4 Comparison Between Physical Water Transfer and Virtual Water Flow; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3 Pattern of Physical and Virtual Water Flows: The Impact to Water Quantity Stress Among China's Provinces; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Physical Water Pattern Within China
- 3.3 Virtual Water Flows Pattern Within China3.3.1 Virtual Water Flows Per Sectors Within China; 3.4 Impacts on Water Stress; 3.5 Conclusion; References; 4 Physical Water Transfer and Its Impact on Water Quality: The Case of Yangtze River Diversions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Physical Water Transfer: The Case of Lake Taihu; 4.2.1 Numerical Model; 4.2.2 Results and Discussion; 4.3 Physical Water Transfer: The Case of Lake Chao; 4.3.1 Numerical Model; 4.3.2 Results and Discussion; 4.4 Conclusion; References; 5 Water Transfer to Achieve Environmental Issues: Waterfront Body; 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Study Area5.3 The Inner Lake: Pb Pollution; 5.3.1 The Pattern of Pb in the Sediment; 5.3.2 Mathematical Models for Migration and Transformation of Pb; 5.3.3 Water Operation Schemes of the Inner Lakes; 5.3.4 Variation of the Concentration of Pb Pollution Load; 5.4 Effects of Water Transfer in the Waterfront Body; 5.4.1 Model Establishment; 5.4.2 Mathematical Equations; 5.5 Investigation on Water Quantity Operation; 5.5.1 Water Quantity Operation; 5.5.2 Pattern of Water Quantity; 5.6 Environmental Effects Forecast After Water Quantity Operation
- 5.6.1 Estimation of Water Quantity and Suspended Sediment5.6.2 Water Quality Estimation; 5.6.3 Assessing Water Transparency; 5.6.4 Assessing Submerged Aquatic Plant Restoration; 5.7 Conclusion; References; 6 Case of Physical Water Transfer from Yangtze River: Different Routes; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Description of the Different Routes; 6.2.1 The Eastern Route; 6.2.2 The Middle Route; 6.2.3 The Western Route; 6.3 Impacts of the Different Routes of the SNWTP; 6.3.1 Eastern Route; 6.3.2 Middle Route; 6.3.3 Western Route; 6.4 Assessing Environmental Impacts of Water Consumption in China