TY - BOOK ID - 138731201 TI - Water and development in China PY - 2006 SN - 1281924792 9786611924799 9812773495 9789812773494 9812568190 9789812568199 9781281924797 6611924795 PB - Hackensack, N.J. World Scientific DB - UniCat KW - Water resources development KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138731201 AB - There is widespread recognition - among policy-makers, business communities, and scholars - of the importance of improving environmental policy and management in China. Environmental concerns in China have triggered the publication of a number of books on the subject. However, very few books offer an in-depth case study of the environmental challenges in Shanghai. This book aims to explore the extent to which Shanghai has managed to cope with water supply as well as water quality control challenges in terms of its sociopolitical and economic development since 1990, with a special reference t ER -