Adapting to climate, management and policy driven risks to freshwater supply in Shanghai

A method for calculating the duration and intensity of salt intrusions: the Yangtze River estuary

M Webber, MT Li, J Chen, B Finlayson, D Chen, ZY Chen, M Wang, J Barnett

<jats:p>Abstract. Studies of intrusions of salt water into estuaries are typically constrained by both the short duration of disch..

Extending the China water machine: Constructing a dam export industry

Xiao Han, Michael Webber

2020-06-01

The world has witnessed a recent increase of Chinese involvement in foreign dam building, frequently interpreting it as a result o..

Assembling dams in Ghana: A genealogical inquiry into the fluidity of hydropolitics

Xiao Han, Michael Webber

2020-04-01

The paper offers a geographical interpretation of the evolving technical, political, and economic intricacy of large dams. It inco..

From Chinese dam building in Africa to the Belt and Road Initiative: Assembling infrastructure projects and their linkages

X Han, M Webber

2020-03-01

This paper aims to build a political economic geography of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). We draw on assemblage thinking and ..

Is Trust Always a Precondition for Effective Water Resource Management?

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

2020-02-25

Trust is generally assumed to be an essential precondition for effective water resource management. However, there is piecemeal ev..

Everyday practices and technologies of household water consumption: evidence from Shanghai

N Zhen, S Rogers, J Barnett

2019-04-01

A social practice approach to household consumption examines socially produced patterns of practice, and understands these to be c..

Trust and the risk of consuming polluted water in Shanghai, China

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

2019-01-02

It is commonly understood that political trust reduces public perceptions of various kinds of risk. However, this knowledge largel..

Water supply in a mega-city: A political ecology analysis of Shanghai

M Webber, J Barnett, B Finlayson, M Wang

2018-11-30

With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much need..

The Dynamics of Trust in the Shanghai Water Supply Regime

Nahui Zhen, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber

2018-02-01

Trust in natural resource managers and planners is recognized as a crucial component of the public’s perception of environmental r..

Governmentality and the conduct of water: China's South-North Water Transfer Project

Sarah Rogers, Jon Barnett, Michael Webber, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang

2016-10-01

Governmentality is a way of thinking about dispersed practices of governing, including attempts to render space governable. China'..

Changes in monthly flows in the Yangtze River, China - With special reference to the Three Gorges Dam

Jing Chen, Brian L Finlayson, Taoyuan Wei, Qianli Sun, Michael Webber, Maotian Li, Zhongyuan Chen

2016-05-01

Much has been written on the hydrology of the Yangtze River in China, especially since the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. G..

Sustainability: Transfer project cannot meet China's water needs

Jon Barnett, Sarah Rogers, Michael Webber, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang

2015-11-19

Constructing Water Shortages on a Huge River: The Case of Shanghai

Michael Webber, Jon Barnet, Zhongyuan Chen, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang, Dan Chen, Jing Chen, Maotian Li, Taoyuan Wei, Sarah Wu, Hao Xu

2015-11-01

Shanghai is located on the world's third largest river (by volume). Yet it faces the risk of shortages of drinking water. Many dec..

Impact of the Three Gorges Dam, the South-North Water Transfer Project and water abstractions on the duration and intensity of salt intrusions in the Yangtze River estuary

M Webber, MT Li, J Chen, B Finlayson, D Chen, ZY Chen, M Wang, J Barnett

2015-01-01

This paper assesses the impacts of the Three Gorges Dam, the South-North Water Transfer Project and other water abstractions on th..

What can we learn from the practice of development-forced displacement and resettlement for organised resettlements in response to climate change?

Brooke Wilmsen, Michael Webber

2015-01-01

It is anticipated that environmental stress induced by climate change may displace some people and communities. While many people ..

Variability and trend in the hydrology of the Yangtze River, China: Annual precipitation and runoff

Jing Chen, Xiaodan Wu, Brian L Finlayson, Michael Webber, Taoyuan Wei, Maotian Li, Zhongyuan Chen

2014-05-26

The catchment of the Yangtze River in China has a long history of human occupation and the intensity of human impacts has increase..

The impact of water transfers from the lower Yangtze River on water security in Shanghai

Dan Chen, Michael Webber, Brian Finlayson, Jon Barnett, Zhongyuan Chen, Mark Wang

2013-12-01

Shanghai is a megacity that increasingly relies on water drawn from the Yangtze River estuary. During periods of low flow, water i..

The drivers of risk to water security in Shanghai

Brian L Finlayson, Jon Barnett, Taoyuan Wei, Michael Webber, Maotian Li, Mark Y Wang, Jing Chen, Hao Xu, Zhongyuan Chen

2013-04-01

Big cities are often said to have big water problems, and Shanghai is no exception. In this paper, we examine and compare the infl..