Bridging gaps between environmental flows theory and practices in China

作     者：Ang Chen Miao Wu Sai-nan Wu Xin Sui Jing-ya Wen Peng-yuan Wang Lin Cheng Guy R.Lanza Chun-na Liu Wan-lin Jia 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River BasinChina Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower ResearchBeijing 100038China Department of Production and TechnologyYangtze Ecology and Environment Co.Ltd.Wuhan 430062China College of Hydrology and Water ResourcesHohai UniversityNanjing 210098China Appraisal Center for Environment and EngineeringMinistry of Ecology and EnvironmentBeijing 100012China China Three Gorges CorporationBeijing 100038China World Wide Fund for Nature Beijing OfficeBeijing 100086China Department of Environmental and Forest BiologyState University of New YorkSyracuse NY 13210USA 

出 版 物：《Water Science and Engineering》 (水科学与水工程（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第12卷第4期

页      面：284-292页

核心收录：

学科分类：082802[工学-农业水土工程] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 081501[工学-水文学及水资源] 0815[工学-水利工程] 

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2018YFE0196000) 

主　　题：Environmental flows Ecological flow Integrated water resources management Adaptive management Sustainable development 

摘      要：In recent decades,a series of policies and practices for environmental flows(e-flows)have been implemented in China,with the sustainable development goal of balancing the utilization and protection of water resources among social,economic,and ecological *** aims of this study were to determine the main challenges and issues in e-flows implementation at different scales by analyzing policies and practices for eflows in China,and to propose some recommendations for bridging the gaps between the science and implementation of *** gaps between the science and implementation of e-flows were found after review of literature,policies,and practices,and it was found that ecological flow was a more widely used term by the government,rather than e-flows,in *** plans and effects of e-flows implementation are discussed in this paper and challenges of e-flows implementation are recognized:(1)limited water resources and uneven spatial and temporal distribution,(2)a weak scientific basis for e-flows implementation,(3)poor operability of e-flows science,and(4)ineffective supervision and guarantee *** recommendations are(1)to strengthen the scientific foundation of e-flows,(2)to improve effectiveness in application of e-flows science,and(3)to propose operable and effective supervision and guarantee *** paper elaborates the current understanding of e-flows science and provides practical recommendations for implementing e-flows and for improving the effectiveness in e-flows *** bridge the gaps between science and implementation of e-flows and improve the operability of policies in future practices,more scientific research on practices is recommended through adaptive management.