Economic and Ecological Benefits on the Implementation of Integrated Water Allocation in the Yellow River

2012 ◽  
Vol 212-213 ◽  
pp. 560-563
Author(s):  
Chen Guang Xu ◽  
Mai Huan Zhao ◽  
Li Yuan He
Keyword(s):  
Water Consumption ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Environmental Water ◽  
Base Flow ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

Integrated water allocation in the Yellow River has played an important role in maintaining the healthy life of the Yellow River and realizing its functionally unabated flow. After the integrated water allocation, the average surface water consumption in the Yellow River Basin decreased 46*108 m3, the average annual benefits reached 12.643 billion Yuan, and the GDP accumulatively increased 3504*108 Yuan. The Yellow River has flowed unabated for 10 successive years, and the eco-environmental water consumption in the lower reaches during the non-flood season has increased 14.6*108 m3, which guaranteed the base flow of the Yellow River

scholarly journals Comprehensive Evaluation of Land Use Benefit in the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 643
Author(s):  
Zehui Chen ◽  
Qianxi Zhang ◽  
Fei Li ◽  
Jinli Shi
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Spatial Differences ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

Land resources are the basis of human survival and development. Land use benefit is the embodiment of land input-output ability. As an important economic zone and ecological barrier in China, it is important to calculate the land productivity in the Yellow River Basin. Using the center of gravity model and other methods, this study evaluated the land use benefit of the Yellow River Basin from 1995 to 2018 based on the selected indicators of geographic grid-scale and analyzed the regional disparity. The results revealed that the comprehensive benefits, economic benefits, and social benefits of land use were on the rise, but the ecological benefits changed in volatility. Land circulation had a great impact on the change of land use benefits. So reasonable land transfer policy should be particularly significant for land use in the Yellow River Basin. In addition, there were obvious spatial differences and agglomeration effects in land use benefit. The high values of benefits were concentrated in urban groups, which showed that areas with better economic and social development had better land use benefits. To narrow land use benefits’ spatial differences between regions, the less developed areas deserve more preferential policies to improve their economic and social levels. Besides, ecological benefits are generally not high. Thus, the land policy in the Yellow River Basin should take ecological priority as the basic principle while considering economic factors.

scholarly journals Inequality of virtual water consumption and economic benefits embodied in trade: a case study of the Yellow River Basin, China

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi An ◽  
Sanmang Wu ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Shantong Li
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

Abstract The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is facing a serious water shortage. How to effectively alleviate the water crisis and achieve sustainable development in the YRB has become a widespread concern. By using the interregional input–output tables of China in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017, we analysed the transfer of virtual water and value-added and the inequality embodied in trade between the YRB and other regions. Results demonstrated that: (1) for the YRB, the pressure on water resources was alleviated through the net inflow of virtual water after 2007. However, the economic situation deteriorated due to the net outflow of value-added in interregional trade after 2012. (2) There existed a serious inequality in virtual water consumption and economic benefits embodied in trade between the YRB and Beijing, Shanghai, etc., with regional inequality (RI) index exceeding 1. Meanwhile, agriculture faced the most serious inequality among all sectors in the YRB. Accordingly, the YRB should aim to optimise its industrial structure and improve water use efficiency to achieve a win-win situation for both economic development and net virtual water inflow. In addition, policymakers should take measures to flexibly adjust the trade scale between the YRB and other regions based on the RI index.

scholarly journals Thirty Years of the Yellow River Water Allocation Scheme and future Prospect

2018 ◽  
Vol 246 ◽  
pp. 01083
Author(s):  
Yu wang ◽  
Shaoming Peng ◽  
Guiqin Jiang ◽  
Hongbin Fang
Keyword(s):  
River Water ◽  
River Basin ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Water Allocation ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Allocation Scheme ◽  
The Yellow River Basin ◽  
New Situation

Yellow River is an important source of water for northwest and north China, and an important strategic guarantee for the sustainable economic and social development of the Yellow River basin and its related regions. The Yellow River water allocation scheme (Scheme 1987 in short) was approved in 1987 by the State Council, which was the first river water allocation scheme in China. It allocates a total volume of 58 billion m3 of water to the 11 provinces along the river and its ecosystem. However, with the deepening impact of climate change and human activities, the Yellow River water resource and its development situations have some changes and the water resource of the drainage basin faces new situations, so it is urgent to carry out the optimization and adjustment study of Scheme 1987 under the new situation. The background and promulgation process of Scheme 1987 was reviewed comprehensively, and its implementation effect for 30 years was analyzed from two periods before and after unified dispatching. The new situation of the development of the Yellow River basin in the future was analyzed, and the work to be carried out to optimize and adjust the Scheme 1987 was prospected.

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