Joint analysis of water rights trading and water-saving management contracts in China. Issue 4 (3rd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Guo, Hui; Chen, Xiangdong; Liu, Jiahong; Zhang, Hongjiang; Svensson, Jesper
• Is Part Of: International journal of water resources development. Volume 36:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 716
• Page End: 737
• Publication Date: 2020-07-03
• Subjects: Water-saving management contract -- water rights trading -- market-oriented water-saving service -- joint analysis -- China; Water resources development -- Periodicals; Water-supply, Agricultural -- Periodicals; 333.91005
• DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2019.1657808
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0790-0627

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Water rights trading and water-saving management contracts are important market-oriented means to promote water conservation. This study integrates them together for a joint analysis, and puts forward a new way to optimize market-oriented water-saving services in China. This is to establish a water-saving management contracts-based water rights trading mechanism, that is, to allow trading of water saved under a management contract. We have two main findings. First, water-saving management contracts and water rights trading are highly compatible and interrelated. Second, water rights trading can be integrated into the implementation of water-saving management contracts and thereby promote their application.