China's Water Crisis

The most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis and reference on the enormous water resource crisis confronting the People’s Republic of China.

China’s Water Crisis (Zhongguo Shui Weiji) describes in detail the history of floods, water scarcity, and pollution problems in all seven of China’s major drainage basins and proposes solutions for future sustainable management.

The author explores issues from the inadequate flow of the Yellow River in the north to deforestation and excessive dam construction along the Yangzi River in central China to the serious and persistent drought conditions in the cities of the southeast and the impact of pollutants on the high plateau of Tibet.