Evaluating and Predicting Shadow Prices of Water Resources in China and Its Nine Major River Basins

Liu, Xiu Li; Chen, Xikang; Wang, Shouyang

doi:10.1007/s11269-008-9336-7

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“…The benefit from groundwater recharge is equivalent to the groundwater value (B 3 , yuan) and can be calculated based on the infiltration increased amount (V b ), the groundwater recharge coefficient (β) and the groundwater price (p b ) which is using the shadow price of groundwater resources. The shadow price is an approach to quantify the real value of water resources, also reflecting its true resource scarcity (Liu et al 2009). The calculation equation of groundwater recharge benefit is given as:…”

Section: Benefit From Saving Green Space Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

Wen

Chen

Feng

et al. 2016

Environmental Management

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Cost-benefit analysis is demanded for guiding the plan, design and construction of green infrastructure practices in rapidly urbanized regions. We developed a framework to calculate the costs and benefits of different green infrastructures on stormwater reduction and utilization. A typical community of 54,783 m 2 in Beijing was selected for case study. For the four designed green infrastructure scenarios (green space depression, porous brick pavement, storage pond, and their combination), the average annual costs of green infrastructure facilities are ranged from 40.54 to 110.31 thousand yuan, and the average of the cost per m 3 stormwater reduction and utilization is 4.61 yuan. The total average annual benefits of stormwater reduction and utilization by green infrastructures of the community are ranged from 63.24 to 250.15 thousand yuan, and the benefit per m 3 stormwater reduction and utilization is ranged from 5.78 to 11.14 yuan. The average ratio of average annual benefit to cost of four green infrastructure facilities is 1.91. The integrated facilities had the highest economic feasibility with a benefit to cost ratio of 2.27, and followed by the storage pond construction with a benefit to cost ratio of 2.14. The results suggested that while the stormwater reduction and utilization by green infrastructures had higher construction and maintenance costs, their comprehensive benefits including source water replacements benefits, environmental benefits and avoided cost benefits are potentially interesting. The green infrastructure practices should be promoted for sustainable management of urban stormwater.

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Section: Benefit From Saving Green Space Irrigationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

Wen

Chen

Feng

et al. 2016

Environmental Management

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“…where u e is the monetary value of water, being CNY ¥9/m 3 [35]; Some studies use a small range of data for the estimation of water shadow price in China, leading to a nonrigorous value [36,37];…”

Section: Benefits Evaluationmentioning

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Evaluating the Interests of Different Stakeholders in Beijing Wastewater Reuse Systems for Sustainable Urban Water Management

Liang

Dijk

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:Whether water systems can be operated successfully and sustainably is influenced by the attitudes and willingness of stakeholders involved in the management of such systems. This study quantitatively evaluates the interests of different stakeholders in wastewater reuse systems in Beijing. Such interests comprise economic, environmental, and social effects induced by the wastewater reuse systems. The study considers four main stakeholders in Beijing, namely the Municipal Administration Committee (MAC), Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau (MEPB), plant managers, and users. Cost benefit analysis is conducted to determine the aforementioned interests separately from the perspectives of the various stakeholders. The results reveal that not all stakeholders' interests in the wastewater reuse systems in Beijing are satisfied. From the perspectives of both the MAC and MEPB, the evaluation results indicate that both decentralized and centralized wastewater reuse systems are economically feasible. However, from the viewpoints of plant managers and users, the results reveal that only the centralized wastewater reuse systems are economically feasible, whereas the decentralized systems are not. The failure to satisfy the interests of plant managers and users may be a major reason for the interrupted operation of the decentralized systems in Beijing. The study demonstrates that successful and sustainable development of a new water project necessitates satisfying the interests of all stakeholders.

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“…The agricultural sectors include field crops (summer cereals, winter cereals, oil crops and legumes, and cotton), intensive crops (vegetables, fruit, and horticulture), livestock (livestock and dairy), and other agriculture (fishing and forestry). The nine watershed regions are associated with major river basins in China, which are Southeast Rivers Basin (SE), Zhujiang River Basin (ZH), Yangtze River Basin (YT), Southwest Rivers Basin (SW), Huaihe River Basin (HA), Songhuajiang and Liaohe Rivers Basin (SL), Inland Rivers Basin (IL), Yellow River Basin (YE), and Haihe and Luanhe Rivers Basin (HL) (Figure 1) [28]. As TERM works with administrative regions within a country, in practice, we attribute individual provinces to particular river basins using the greatest-area method and aggregate those to form the watershed regions.…”

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Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization and Industrial Transformation on Water Resources in China: An Integrated Hydro-Economic CGE Analysis

Jiang

Liu

et al. 2014

Sustainability

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Pressure on existing water resources in China is expected to increase with undergoing rapid demographic transformation, economic development, and global climate changes. We investigate the economy-wide impacts of projected urban population growth and economic structural change on water use and allocation in China. Using a multi-regional CGE (Computable General Equilibrium) model, TERM (The Enormous Regional Model), we explore the implications of selected future water scenarios for China's nine watershed regions. Our results indicate that urbanization and industrial transformation in China will raise the opportunity cost of water use and increase the competition for water between non-agricultural users and irrigation water users. The growth in water demand for domestic and industrial uses reduces the amount of water allocated to agriculture, particularly lower-value and water-intensive field crops. As a response, farmers have the incentive to shift their agricultural operations from traditional field crop production to higher-value livestock or intensive crop production. In addition, our results suggest that growing water OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 7587 demand due to urbanization and industrial transformation will raise the shadow price of water in all nine river basins. Finally, we find that national economic growth is largely attributable to urbanization and non-agricultural productivity growth.

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Evaluating and Predicting Shadow Prices of Water Resources in China and Its Nine Major River Basins

Cited by 45 publications

References 19 publications

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructures on Community Stormwater Reduction and Utilization: A Case of Beijing, China

Evaluating the Interests of Different Stakeholders in Beijing Wastewater Reuse Systems for Sustainable Urban Water Management

Modeling the Impacts of Urbanization and Industrial Transformation on Water Resources in China: An Integrated Hydro-Economic CGE Analysis

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