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Identifier	Thesis 1694
Author	Kim, Ho S.
Title	Sustainable Development and the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2003
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	This thesis argues that the South-to-North Water Transfer Project that is being implemented in China today has been well overdue because the water shortage situation in Northern China has already become unbearable. The Chinese government has realized that there is a serious shortage of water in the north of China and an overabundance of water in the south of China, and recently, north China has been experiencing frequent droughts in the cities of Beijing and Tianjin and part of Shandong Province. Water shortage costs China yearly losses of over US$12 billion, with over half of its 600 cities finding themselves in a severe lack of water supply. Hence, the quality of life of people in northern China has been restricted by water shortage. The government devised a plan that would divert water from Southern China to Northern China. This would not only help sustain further economic development in China but would ensure the survival of the peoples of Northern China. The purpose of this thesis is to study why the Chinese government has had to begin construction of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, despite the many criticisms the project has received over the years regarding its massive size and cost. Using sources from the Chinese government and media as well as other studies done on this plan to divert water from the Changjiang River (Yangtze River) to Northern China, I will prove that without this plan, China's future development either agriculturally, economically, or industrially would be a hopelessly lost cause. In order to maintain its sustainable development, China must solve its water shortage problems in the north. The South-to-North Water Transfer Project should be seen as the principal means for reallocating China's unevenly distributed water resources, designed to solve water shortage problems in the northern metropolitan areas, where water demands exceed the capacity of local resources.
Subject	Water transfer -- China
Department	Department of International and Area Studies
Advisor	Rickard, Timothy J.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713733956
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