The Great Lakes Water Agreements

Abstract

Whereas achieving rapid economic growth and improvement of social lives in recent years, China is facing with various types of water problems such as water-related disasters (ex. floods), water scarcity and water pollution. Among them, because of the population growth and unbalanced distribution of water resources by time and space due to its natural and climatic conditions, water resources problems in China are worried as serious restrictions on future sustainable growth and development. This study tries to reveal the current situation and problems of water resources in China, especially focusing on its capital, Beijing, and tries to assess the transboundary water transfer which is taken to solve such problems from the sustainable points of view. Furthermore, it tries to conduct the elementary study on water saving society project, which aims at enhancing effective use of regionally-limited water resources and tries to suggest the future courses of Integrated Water Resources Management for such countries, especially in the Asian region, as are expected to achieve further growth and development in the future.