Water Issues and Integrated Water Resource Management in Heihe River Basin in Recent 50 Years
Based on the hydrological data of the Heihe River Basin, this paper studied(1)the background and trend of water resource change in the upper reaches of the Heihe River, namely in the Qilian Mountain; (2) the spatio-temporal characteristics of water resources and water consumption in three water cycle zones in the middle and lower reaches of the Heihe River, namely in middle Hexi Corridor and western Alashan Plateau;(3) the water issues due to the water resources government policy changes in the middle and lower reaches, and the water cycle in social-economy system.The idea of the integrated water resources management in basin scale was put forwarded finally, which was the current direction of basin management in the world.
Heihe River Basinwater resourcesregional water consumptionwater issuesintegrated water resources management in basin scale