Sustainability of water transfer projects: A systematic review

M Faúndez, H Alcayaga, J Walters, A Pizarro… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Inter-basin water transfer projects (IBTs) have significantly increased in number in recent
decades due to the unremitting need to solve the problem of global water imbalance …

Sub-regional groundwater storage recovery in North China Plain after the South-to-North water diversion project

C Zhang, Q Duan, PJF Yeh, Y Pan, H Gong… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The South-to-North water diversion Middle Route Project (MRP) is expected to
alleviate the long-term groundwater storage (GWS) depletion in North China Plain (NCP) …

Perspectives on emerging pressures and their integrated impact on large river systems: An insight from the Yellow River basin

DK Singh, M Xu, N Singh, F Lei - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yellow River, with a developmental and historical significance to China, is now
facing several emerging pressures, which are degrading the river status and creating …

The effectiveness of the South‐to‐North Water Diversion Middle Route Project on water delivery and groundwater recovery in North China Plain

C Zhang, Q Duan, PJF Yeh, Y Pan… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The South‐to‐North Water Diversion Middle Route Project (MRP), which started its
operation in December 2014, was designed to transfer water from Danjiangkou Reservoir …

Assessing environmental, economic, and social impacts of inter-basin water transfer in China

Y Liu, Z Xin, S Sun, C Zhang, G Fu - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Inter-basin water transfer (IBWT) has been widely implemented to address water deficit
problems in many parts of the world. IBWT projects can pose various environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-scale deformation monitoring with sentinel-1 InSAR analyses along the middle route of the south-north water diversion project in China

J Dong, S Lai, N Wang, Y Wang, L Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the longest water transfer route in the world, the South-North Water Diversion Project
(SNWDP) plays a key role in mitigating the serious water shortage problem in the arid north …

Modeling the effects of water diversion projects on surface water and groundwater interactions in the central Yangtze River basin

X Jiang, R Ma, T Ma, Z Sun - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the lack of the quantification of surface water (SW) and groundwater (GW) interaction,
the chemicals transport and fate and wetland evolution are hard to predict under impact of …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in the ecosystem service importance of the seven major river basins in China during the implementation of the Millennium development goals (2000 …

Z Li, W Jiang, P Hou, K Peng, Y Deng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) replaced the Millennium
Development Goals (MDG), providing guidance and direction for the future development of …

'Sustainability of what, for whom? A critical analysis of Chinese development induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR) programs

H Xu, J Pittock, K Daniell - Land Use Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Most studies and influential agencies propose a shift to sustainability thinking and regard it
as an important means of coordinating economic, social and environmental development …

Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model

E Rollason, P Sinha… - Progress in Physical …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Water scarcity is a global issue, affecting in excess of four billion people. Interbasin Water
Transfer (IBWT) is an established method for increasing water supply by transferring excess …