Title :
Comparative environmental analyses of paddy fields in two lake catchment areas: Lake Taihu, China and Lake Biwa, Japan
Author :
Ping, Yang ; Wei, Zhu ; Xiao, Tan
Author_Institution :
Lake Biwa Museum, Kusatsu, Japan
Abstract :
Eutrophication in Taihu Lake has become a serious environmental problem. In this paper, environmental conditions in paddy fields in Taihu Lake´s catchment area were compared with those in Lake Biwa´s catchment area, which revealed issues on social development at different stages and raised questions over restoration of Taihu Lake from an environmental sociology perspective.
Keywords :
environmental management; lakes; water treatment; China; Japan; Lake Biwa; Lake Taihu; comparative environmental analyses; environmental conditions; environmental sociology; eutrophication; lake catchment area; paddy fields; social development; Economics; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Fertilizers; Lakes; Pollution; Rivers; commons; eutrophication; lake; non-point source; paddy field;
Conference_Titel :
Water Resource and Environmental Protection (ISWREP), 2011 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Xi´an
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-339-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISWREP.2011.5893410
