College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Water Sci Technol. 2010;61(3):745-61. doi: 10.2166/wst.2010.899.
This paper has compared the legal frameworks supporting water management in Europe and China, with special focus on integrated river basin management (IRBM) to identify synergies and opportunities in policymaking and implementation. The research shows that China has committed to the efficient management of water resources through various policy tools during the current period. This commitment, however, has often been interrupted and distorted by politics, resulting in the neglect of socioeconomic and environmental priorities. The European legal framework supporting water management underwent a complex and lengthy development, but with the adoption of the Water Framework Directive provides a policy model on which to develop an integrated and sustainable approach to river basin management, elements of which may help to meet the demands of the emerging 21st century Chinese society on these critical natural resources.
本文比较了中、欧在水管理方面的法律框架，特别关注了流域综合管理（IRBM），以寻找政策制定和执行方面的协同作用和机会。研究表明，中国在当前时期通过各种政策工具致力于水资源的有效管理。然而，这种承诺经常受到政治的干扰和扭曲，导致社会经济和环境优先事项被忽视。支持水管理的欧洲法律框架经历了一个复杂而漫长的发展过程，但随着《水框架指令》的通过，为发展流域综合管理的综合和可持续方法提供了一个政策模式，其中的一些要素可能有助于满足新兴的 21 世纪中国社会对这些关键自然资源的需求。
