scholarly journals VIRTUAL WATER ANALYSIS USING PROVINCIAL LEVEL MULTI-REGIONAL INPUT-OUTPUT TABLES IN CHINA-FOCUS ON THE YELLOW RIVER BASIN-

2004 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takayuki HATANO ◽  
Takaaki OKUDA
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Analysis ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
Input Output ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

scholarly journals Inequality of virtual water consumption and economic benefits embodied in trade: a case study of the Yellow River Basin, China

Water Policy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi An ◽  
Sanmang Wu ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Shantong Li
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Consumption ◽  
Yellow River ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Virtual Water ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Yellow River Basin ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
The Yellow River ◽  
The Yellow River Basin

Abstract The Yellow River Basin (YRB) is facing a serious water shortage. How to effectively alleviate the water crisis and achieve sustainable development in the YRB has become a widespread concern. By using the interregional input–output tables of China in 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017, we analysed the transfer of virtual water and value-added and the inequality embodied in trade between the YRB and other regions. Results demonstrated that: (1) for the YRB, the pressure on water resources was alleviated through the net inflow of virtual water after 2007. However, the economic situation deteriorated due to the net outflow of value-added in interregional trade after 2012. (2) There existed a serious inequality in virtual water consumption and economic benefits embodied in trade between the YRB and Beijing, Shanghai, etc., with regional inequality (RI) index exceeding 1. Meanwhile, agriculture faced the most serious inequality among all sectors in the YRB. Accordingly, the YRB should aim to optimise its industrial structure and improve water use efficiency to achieve a win-win situation for both economic development and net virtual water inflow. In addition, policymakers should take measures to flexibly adjust the trade scale between the YRB and other regions based on the RI index.

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