Publication: Clear Waters and Lush Mountains: The Value of Water in the Construction of China’s Ecological Civilization - A Synthesis Report
Date
2022
ISSN
Published
2022
Author(s)
World Bank
Development Research Center
Abstract
This report aims to identify
opportunities for improving water policy through the
identification, evaluation, and realization of water’s
diverse and multiple values in China. The report recognizes
China’s significant achievements in water management and
identifies remaining and emerging challenges. It presents
conceptual and practical approaches to eliciting a wide
range of economic, social, cultural, and environmental
values of water. Drawing on examples from China and
internationally, the report puts forward recommendations for
protecting and realizing these values in the context of
China’s construction of an ecological civilization. The
report is directed toward both Chinese policy makers, and
international readers interested in understanding water
policy and the way that measurement of values can inform
water policy. The challenges assessed in this report suggest
that a new generation of smarter water policies will be
needed in priority areas. This report is a synthesis of
research carried out by the World Bank and the Development
Research Center of China’s State Council under the research
collaboration, “Evaluating and Realizing the Value of Water
in the Construction of an Ecological Civilization for
China.” It draws on background papers, inputs, and
consultations with a range of experts within the World Bank,
officials from the government of the People’s Republic of
China, along with universities and nongovernmental
organizations working on water-resources-related research in China.
Citation
“World Bank; Development Research Center. 2022. Clear Waters and Lush Mountains: The Value of Water in the Construction of China’s Ecological Civilization - A Synthesis Report. © Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/38374 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”