Adapting To Climate, Management And Policy Driven Risks To Freshwater Supply In Shanghai

Grant number: DP110103381 | Funding period: 2011 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

This project aims to identify the multiple drivers of risk to freshwater supply in Shanghai, opportunities for adaptation to sustain that supply, and the barriers and limits to these adaptations. The project will combine physical and social science to understanding the barriers and limits to adaptation to climate change.

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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..

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Sustainability: Transfer project cannot meet China's water needs

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

2015-11-19

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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

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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

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Brian Finlayson