Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake

Global warming and social and economic development have led to conflicts over water resources that have gradually become one of the most disruptive factors in the global political landscape. Resolving international water conflicts is of great significance for maintaining the peaceful development of...

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Main Authors: Dan Yang, Hanyu Ji, Danyan Yang, Jiajing Song, Yan Li, Jianhui Peng, Liuyu Xue, Zhisong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IWA Publishing 2022-09-01
Series:Water Policy
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Online Access:http://wpol.iwaponline.com/content/24/9/1461
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author Dan Yang
Hanyu Ji
Danyan Yang
Jiajing Song
Yan Li
Jianhui Peng
Liuyu Xue
Zhisong Chen
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Hanyu Ji
Danyan Yang
Jiajing Song
Yan Li
Jianhui Peng
Liuyu Xue
Zhisong Chen
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description Global warming and social and economic development have led to conflicts over water resources that have gradually become one of the most disruptive factors in the global political landscape. Resolving international water conflicts is of great significance for maintaining the peaceful development of countries (regions). This paper considers the Nansi Lake located on the provincial border of Jiangsu and Shandong in eastern China as an example. Based on the textual analysis, this paper analyzes the specific data of the historical conflict resolution of the Nansi Lake to study the effectiveness of the management policies of water conflict in the Nansi Lake, namely administrative law enforcement, administrative consultation, civil consultation, policy regulation, and engineering measures. Furthermore, this paper also makes the following optimization recommendations for the policy of water conflict management by considering the successful circumstances for the policies to be applied: strengthen the government's deterrence in administrative law enforcement to promote the development of policies; promote administrative consultation and equal dialogue and exchanges among parties; understand the positions of the different parties in the civil consultation and ensure their independence of cooperation and analysis; improve the ability of scientific decision-making and effective operation for water administration department; strengthen construction management, especially effective supervision. HIGHLIGHTS Statistical analysis on historical events of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is made.; Statistical analysis on policy measures of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is conducted.; Statistical analysis on policy effects of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is implemented.; Effective governance policy for mitigating water conflict in the Nansi Lake is explored.;
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spelling doaj.art-cea9700a18e3426daddfaede944856652022-12-22T02:39:58ZengIWA PublishingWater Policy1366-70171996-97592022-09-012491461149610.2166/wp.2022.047047Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi LakeDan Yang0Hanyu Ji1Danyan Yang2Jiajing Song3Yan Li4Jianhui Peng5Liuyu Xue6Zhisong Chen7 Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China School of Finance and Business, Shanghai Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Business School, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211100, China Business School, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China Global warming and social and economic development have led to conflicts over water resources that have gradually become one of the most disruptive factors in the global political landscape. Resolving international water conflicts is of great significance for maintaining the peaceful development of countries (regions). This paper considers the Nansi Lake located on the provincial border of Jiangsu and Shandong in eastern China as an example. Based on the textual analysis, this paper analyzes the specific data of the historical conflict resolution of the Nansi Lake to study the effectiveness of the management policies of water conflict in the Nansi Lake, namely administrative law enforcement, administrative consultation, civil consultation, policy regulation, and engineering measures. Furthermore, this paper also makes the following optimization recommendations for the policy of water conflict management by considering the successful circumstances for the policies to be applied: strengthen the government's deterrence in administrative law enforcement to promote the development of policies; promote administrative consultation and equal dialogue and exchanges among parties; understand the positions of the different parties in the civil consultation and ensure their independence of cooperation and analysis; improve the ability of scientific decision-making and effective operation for water administration department; strengthen construction management, especially effective supervision. HIGHLIGHTS Statistical analysis on historical events of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is made.; Statistical analysis on policy measures of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is conducted.; Statistical analysis on policy effects of water conflict in the Nansi Lake is implemented.; Effective governance policy for mitigating water conflict in the Nansi Lake is explored.;http://wpol.iwaponline.com/content/24/9/1461nansi lakepolicy effectivenesstextual analysistransboundary lakewater conflict
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Danyan Yang
Jiajing Song
Yan Li
Jianhui Peng
Liuyu Xue
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Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
Water Policy
nansi lake
policy effectiveness
textual analysis
transboundary lake
water conflict
title Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
title_full Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
title_fullStr Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
title_full_unstemmed Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
title_short Policy effectiveness of water conflict management: A textual analysis of the Nansi Lake
title_sort policy effectiveness of water conflict management a textual analysis of the nansi lake
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policy effectiveness
textual analysis
transboundary lake
water conflict
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