1. Improving Joint Operation System of Reservoir Groups in the Yangtze River Basin: A Legal Discussion
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Dai, Liping, van Rijswick, Helena, Qiu, Qiu, Europees en nationaal waterrecht, Parel Water en duurzaamheid / UCWOSL, Afd Staats-, Bestuursrecht & Rechtstheo., Europees en nationaal waterrecht, Parel Water en duurzaamheid / UCWOSL, and Afd Staats-, Bestuursrecht & Rechtstheo.
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Yangtze River Basin ,multiple reservoir groups ,joint operation systems ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,flood control ,Law - Abstract
As China’s largest river basin, the Yangtze River Basin has the most mega reservoir groups worldwide. To protect the entire basin, the Central Government developed a system of joint operations of key reservoir groups in the Yangtze River Basin. This paper examines this joint operation system from a legal perspective and discusses its implementation as well as the challenges in practice. The following issues impede the effective implementation of the joint operation system: a lacking legal basis for the system, limitations related to the organizations that participate in the joint operations, limitations on the scope and objects of the joint operation system, and a lacking systematic structure for operation. This paper offers suggestions to improve the system.
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- 2022
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