holistic and interdisciplinary knowledge integration framework onwater management and research in China

Due to massive population, rapid urbanization, and threats of climate change, China is facing serious water problems now and in the future. It is timely and relevant to establish an overall and inclusive framework for evaluating water management and research that will guide more efficient and easily integrated work between researchers and water managers. Ideally, this framework will more easily provide a big-picture view of China’s water management system than the current multitude of discipline-specific
work. Thus, managers and researchers will be able to connect the big and small features of the system. This framework should: (i) be easy to follow; (ii) provide specific roles for the key players on water management and research; and (iii) provide a feedback mechanism for continuous improvement of the framework. After detailed investigation of two water management systems (the Water Resource Assessment and Water Abstraction Permit systems), this research proposes to develop a new water management and research framework for China based on system theories and natural resource public management.

Faculty Supervisor:

Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam

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Partner:

Tsinghua University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

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