Mutual optimization of water utilization structure and industrial structure in arid inland river basins of Northwest China

2006 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Bao ◽  
Chuanglin Fang ◽  
Fan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Water Utilization ◽  
Inland River

scholarly journals Transaction Costs, Modes, and Scales from Agricultural to Industrial Water Rights Trading in an Inland River Basin, Northwest China

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Deng ◽  
Xiaoyu Song ◽  
Zhongmin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
High Water ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Heihe River ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Small Water ◽  
Inland River ◽  
Water Trading

Water transactions from agriculture to industry have become an important means to address water scarcity and improve water economic efficiency. Transaction costs (TCs) are one of the main factors preventing water markets from forming or efficiently operating. To evaluate the level of transactions costs, we set the appropriate transaction modes for cross-sector lever water trading and evaluated the TCs from agriculture to industry in the Heihe River Basin (HRB), an inland basin in northwest China. We found that the ranges of transaction costs per m3 of water ranged from 0.06 to 1.10 yuan, and the ratios of TCs to transaction prices ranged from 4.11% to 244.44%. The transaction scale should be more than 15,267 m3 or 29,888 m3 when the TC is at the lower or upper limit in the study area. When the transaction scales are set correctly, the range of the transaction costs will be in an acceptable range, and the proportion of TCs to transaction price will not exceed the 8% limit of the California Water Bank, which was employed as a comparison. The key restrictive factor of water trading in HRB may be the low transaction scale, followed by the high water TCs. The effects of improving water use efficiency in cross-sector trading could not neutralize the restrictions caused by the negative effects of small water demand transaction scales for undeveloped secondary industries in HRB. However, considering the industrial structure and development trends of the regional economy, the future driving force of water transactions across sectors likely lies in tertiary industries in HRB.

scholarly journals Hydrological and water cycle processes of inland river basins in the arid region of Northwest China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaning Chen ◽  
Baofu Li ◽  
Yuting Fan ◽  
Congjian Sun ◽  
Gonghuan Fang
Keyword(s):  
Arid Region ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Inland River

scholarly journals Agricultural Water Use Efficiency—A Case Study of Inland-River Basins in Northwest China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10192
Author(s):  
Wei Qu ◽  
Yanmei Tan ◽  
Zhentao Li ◽  
Eefje Aarnoudse ◽  
Qin Tu
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Utilization Efficiency ◽  
Inland River ◽  
Use Efficiency

Water resources play a vital role in the process of economic development, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. Improving the efficiency of water use is an effective way to solve the shortage of water resources. In this paper, influencing factors of water utilization efficiency in three inland river basins (Shiyang, Heihe, and Shule river) in Gansu Province, Northwest China, are investigated. Using survey data of 306 households, results of the multiple linear regression analysis show that management capacity and its strictness in a different basin, irrigation technology and facility conditions, and farmers’ self-government are key factors affecting farmers’ irrigation efficiency. Additionally, factors at the farmer and family level, as well as the differences in natural conditions and economic and social development in different regions, also have a significant impact on water use efficiency.

Ecosystem restoration and conservation in the arid inland river basins of Northwest China: Problems and strategies

2016 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 629-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonghua Zhu ◽  
Yaning Chen ◽  
Liliang Ren ◽  
Haishen Lü ◽  
Wenzhi Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Restoration ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Inland River
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