CitySpeak XII: The Water We Drink - Carlos Lo of Polytechnic University
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Transcript of CitySpeak XII: The Water We Drink - Carlos Lo of Polytechnic University
The Political Economy of Water Resources Conservation in China:
Reconciling Bureaucratic Conflicts in Conserving Dongjiang’s Water Resources
Carlos LoDepartment of Marketing and ManagementThe Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
May 2010
“Fragmented authoritarianism” model
CityA
City B
Conflicts
Provincial Government
Bargaining BargainingConsensus
Reform: complicates bargaining relations
- reform decentralization of authority
central: coercive means central: ideology local units: resource autonomy local units: bargaining position
Water and bargaining
- water decisions: best reveal bargaining process
scarce resource multiple users (one use precludes another) transboundary (administrative)
Drainage area:
35,340 km2
Mainstem:
562 kmAnnual average discharge:
32.66 billion m3
Population served:
30+ million
Upstream zone
Midstream zone
Downstream zone
Hydrologists’ perspective:
Upstream zone
10% drainage area
6% annual discharge
Downstream zone
90% drainage area
94% annual discharge
Jiangxi’s perspective:
Upstream zone
Midstream zone
Downstream zone
Guangdong’s perspective:
215
1,501
3,7115,9019,206
10,21129,900
per capita GDP2008US$
Upstream zone:
- water resources conservation
shut down polluting ind. refuse polluting investment
1973
1961
1984
Upstream zone:
- water resources conservation
reservoirs> migrants
conservation forest> forest farmers
Upstream zone:
- unfair distribution of burden intra-basin disparity
- development restricted underdevelopment
- priorities “ecological compensation” supportive policies
Downstream zone: - resist direct compensation higher authorities to handle
- priorities clean & sufficient water
- bargaining actions plead w/ higher-ups
1.763
2.5332.0950.553
1.6631.100
Guangdong water allocation plan:
10.66 billion m3
Dongjiang River Basin compensation:
- targets reservoir migrants conservation forest farmers Heyuan City Government
Compensation for Xunwu?
- none from downstream
Conclusion
- new bargaining strategies direct, bottom-up extra-bureaucratic channels
- grievances: unresolved undermine long-term conservation efforts