Management in water resources development of Jinghe watershed of western t:ural China is examined with Participatory Rural Appraisal method -- a rare applied method in China and questionnaire survey of stakeholders C...Management in water resources development of Jinghe watershed of western t:ural China is examined with Participatory Rural Appraisal method -- a rare applied method in China and questionnaire survey of stakeholders Combination of these two survey methods derives good restlts as it coutd avoid personal bias in identifying and ranking the issues on a concrete bas'is in following up households' survey. Statistic Package for Social Sciences gSPSS) was used for data analysis. Results indicate that since the early 1980s, issues of water scarcity, river pollution, soil erosion, insufficient participation of stakeholders in water resources use and management, as well as centralized water planning and management system have created difficulties for Sustainable development of the watershed. The stakeholders and local governments are fully aware of the challenges and are committed to achieving a solution through integrated water resource management (IWRD). The concept anti the application of IWRD for rural China are reviewed and analyzed, and a fram cessful implementatio involvement and capacity building in water sector, which heed to fully, integrate various management functions within the watershed.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant No.30670374)National Key Project for basic research in agricultural environment (grant No.2002CB111506)Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grantNo. 06W60000SZ, 066U0401SZ).
文摘Management in water resources development of Jinghe watershed of western t:ural China is examined with Participatory Rural Appraisal method -- a rare applied method in China and questionnaire survey of stakeholders Combination of these two survey methods derives good restlts as it coutd avoid personal bias in identifying and ranking the issues on a concrete bas'is in following up households' survey. Statistic Package for Social Sciences gSPSS) was used for data analysis. Results indicate that since the early 1980s, issues of water scarcity, river pollution, soil erosion, insufficient participation of stakeholders in water resources use and management, as well as centralized water planning and management system have created difficulties for Sustainable development of the watershed. The stakeholders and local governments are fully aware of the challenges and are committed to achieving a solution through integrated water resource management (IWRD). The concept anti the application of IWRD for rural China are reviewed and analyzed, and a fram cessful implementatio involvement and capacity building in water sector, which heed to fully, integrate various management functions within the watershed.