Assessing Water Rights in China

This book presents a model for describing the hierarchical concept of China’s water rights structure, one which takes into account pioneering theories on natural resources and environmental institutional economics. It highlights the basic theory of water rights, with a view to helping Chinese policy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Yahua
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Water Resources Development and Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Hierarchical Structure of Water Governance
  • Hierarchical Structure of Water Rights
  • Economics Theory of Water Rights Structure
  • Water Rights Structure in Ancient China and its Economic Explanation: Empirical Study of the Yellow River Basin
  • Water Rights Structure of the Yellow River Basin and Its Economic Explanation: Since the Founding of New China
  • Water Rights and Water Market of Contemporary China: Case Study
  • Conclusions and Prospects