Evaluation of Chinese Environmental Policies. Actual states and Challenges for the Future

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22651010
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
• Principal Investigator: KUBOTA Jumpei 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 准教授 (90195503)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAMURA Tomoko 東北大学, 東北アジア研究センター, 専門研究員 (80513887)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): AKIYAMA Tomohiro 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 特任助教 (90452523) ; ENDO Takahiro 筑波大学, 生命環境科学研究科, 特任准教授 (50414032) ; LI Jia 新潟県立大学, 国際地域学部, 助教 (00554362) ; WATANABE Mitsuko 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, プロジェクト研究員 (10423245)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2011
• Keywords: 影響評価 / 節水政策

Research Abstract

In order to clarify the efficiency of Chinese environmental policies, such as"Sloping Land Conversion Program","Water Saving Program", and"Forced Migration for Preserving Grassland", this study focuses human-environmental interactions in the Heihe River basin, an inland river of the arid region in the western China. Surface runoff from the upper mountain area by rain and melt water of snow and glaciers is the only source of water available in the middle oases area and the lower arid area. The increase of water demand for irrigation to agricultural land in the middle oases area has caused the decrease of surface water supply for the lower arid area. Water-saving programs by governmental policies caused other problems in both social and environmental contexts.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 中国の環境問題 (2012)
  • Author(s): 窪田順平
  • Journal Title: HUMAN-知の森へのいざない Pages: 124-134
• [Journal Article] Variations in discharge from the Qilian mountains, northwest China, and its effect on the agricultural communities of the Heihe basin, over the last two millennia (2012)
  • Author(s): Akiko Sakai, Koji Fujita, Masayoshi Nakawo, Jumpei Kubota
  • Journal Title: Water History
  • DOI: DOI:10.1007/s12685-012-0057-8
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Integral Approach to Environmental Leadership Education : An Exploration in the Heihe River Basin, Northwestern China (2010)
  • Author(s): Akiyama, T., Li, J., Tokunaga, T., Onuki, M., An, K. J., Hoshiko, T., Ikeda, I.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment Pages: 40-49
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Implementation and Effects of China's Agricultural Water Policy Reforms : a Representative Look at Zhangye City (2011)
  • Author(s): Li, J., Akiyama, T.
  • Organizer: 国際開発学会第12回春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 国際協力機構研究所,東京都
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-04
• [Presentation] Assessment of Water Environmental Policies in China : An Exploration of Water-saving Society Construction Program in Zhangye City, Northwest China (2011)
  • Author(s): Li, J., Akiyama, T.
  • Organizer: The 17th annual conference of the International Sustainable Development Research Society
  • Place of Presentation: Columbia University, USA
  • Year and Date: 2011-05-04
• [Presentation] 統合的アプローチの学際的研究への応用:総合地球環境学研究所のオアシスプロジェクトの事例に関する分析 (2010)
  • Author(s): 秋山知宏
  • Organizer: 日本政治社会学会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学、東京
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-27
• [Book] 中国の水問題と節水政策の行方、秋道・小松・中村編『人と水I』 (2010)
  • Author(s): 窪田順平・中村知子(分担執筆)
  • Total Pages: 275-304
  • Publisher: 勉誠出版