Front Cover -- Managing Water on China's Farms -- Managing Water on China's Farms: Institutions, Policies and the Transformation of Irrigation Under Scarcity -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Conclusions -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCL...

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Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Jinxia (VerfasserIn), Huang, Qiuqiong (VerfasserIn), Huang, Jikun 1962- (VerfasserIn), Rozelle, Scott 1955- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam Elsevier [2016]
Schlagworte:	Trockengebiet Landwirtschaft Bewässerung China
Zusammenfassung:	Front Cover -- Managing Water on China's Farms -- Managing Water on China's Farms: Institutions, Policies and the Transformation of Irrigation Under Scarcity -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Conclusions -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- I - Setting the Stage -- 1 - Water Scarcity in Northern China -- CHINA'S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES -- THE RISE OF TUBEWELLS -- GROUNDWATER RESOURCES FROM FARMERS' PERSPECTIVE -- GROUNDWATER PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES -- OVERDRAFTING CHINA'S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS OF OVERDRAFT -- OTHER PROBLEMS WITH GROUNDWATER -- GROUNDWATER POLLUTION -- SOIL SALINIZATION -- PERCEPTION OF VILLAGE LEADERS AND FARMERS ABOUT WATER SCARCITY -- CHANGES IN SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 2 - Irrigation, Agricultural Production, and Rural Income -- IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS -- MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION RESULTS -- IRRIGATION AND INCOME -- REGRESSION RESULTS -- IRRIGATION AND INEQUALITY -- DECOMPOSITION RESULTS -- NEW IRRIGATION PROJECTS: BENEFITS VERSUS COSTS CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 - China's Agricultural Water Policy Reforms: Increasing Investment, Resolving Conflicts, and Revising Incentives -- CHINA'S WATER MANAGEMENT POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS -- RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHINA'S LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTIONS -- FINANCING WATER MANAGEMENT AT THE SUBPROVINCIAL LEVEL -- INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND POLICY REFORM -- GROUNDWATER POLICIES AND REFORMS -- Role of the Private Sector -- Role of Government -- SURFACE WATER POLICIES AND REFORM -- FARMERS' INCENTIVES TO REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION -- WATER PRICING IN CHINA
Beschreibung:	XXV, 328 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:	9780128051641