Evaluating Economic Benefits of Water Diversion from Yangtze River to Taihu Lake in China: A Case Study

Author

Diao, Xundi ; Zeng, Saixing ; Wu, Haoyun

Author_Institution

Antai Sch. of Manage., Shanghai Jiaotong Univ., Shanghai

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2809

Lastpage

2812

Abstract

Project of water diversion from the Yangtze Rive to the Taihu Lake significantly improves water environment of the lake and brings obvious economic benefits for surrounding regions. Using grey relation technique, this paper explores the relationship between water use and industrial development in Huzhou. An analytical framework on benefits of water supply to Huzhou city from project of water diversion from Yangtze River to Taihu Lake is examined, including: (1) the value-added of water supply on the project are divided into four parts according to the characteristics of Hang-Jia-Hu Plain area. (2) The utilization ratio of water diversion is defined based on the features of water resources. (3) The water supply effects on industries and residents´ living are analyzed using partition coefficient method in Huzhou city.

Keywords

economic indicators; environmental economics; grey systems; industrial economics; lakes; rivers; water resources; water supply; Taihu Lake; Yangtze River; economic benefits; grey relation technique; industrial development; partition coefficient method; water diversion; water resources; water supply; Australia; Cities and towns; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Industrial relations; Lakes; Protection; Rivers; Sustainable development; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, 2008. ICBBE 2008. The 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1747-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1748-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBBE.2008.1034

Filename

4535914