Redressing China's strategy of water resource exploitation

摘要: China, with the confrontation of water-related problems as an element its long history, has been investing heavily in water engineering projects over past few decades based on assumption that these can solve problems. However, anticipated benefits did not really occur, or at least large expected. Instead, results involved additional frustrations, such biodiversity losses and human-induced disasters (i.e., landslides earthquakes). Given inherent shortcomings, present engineering-dominated strategy for management resources cannot help China’s achieve goal low-carbon transformation. Therefore, exploitation needs to be reevaluated redressed. A policy change better Chinese rivers is urgently needed.