This book describes the huge efforts by the Chinese Government concerning the restoration and future sustainable management of Chinese water systems. It presents the results of a Sino-European joint project concerning the Songhuajiang-Liaohe River Basin (SLRB) in Northeast China conducted by the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Germany, and the Natural Environment Research Council as represented by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), UK. The book explains in great detail the development of risk assessment and corresponding management methods for (i) controlling water pollution, (ii) assessing river health and ecological restoration options, (iii) characterizing persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and (iv) protecting fragile groundwater resources. It also describes the implemented demonstration sites of SLRB during the project course as well as lessons learnt on efficient project managementand the dissemination of knowledge and technologies.
Editors and Affiliations
Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Yonghui Song
Groundwater and Environmental System Engineering, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Beidou Xi
Riverine Ecology, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Yuan Zhang
River and Coastal Environment Research Centre, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Kun Lei
Pollution Science, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Richard Williams
International Cooperation Centre, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Mengheng Zhang
Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), Beijing, China
Weijing Kong
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
Olaf Kolditz
About the editors
Yonghui SONG, Prof., Dr.-Ing., Ph.D., is vice president of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES). He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences of China in 1999, and his Dr.-Ing. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany in 2003. His research focus is on technologies for water pollution control and water environment management. He has undertaken over 20 national, ministerial and provincial scientific research projects as the principal investigator or co-principal investigator, has published over 380 journal papers and over 100 conference papers, and has applied for more than 60 patents and software copyrights. He received the Outstanding Research Team Award of the “11th Five-year Plan” of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China, and the 2012 Award of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for Science and Technology. He wasselected as the Youth Innovation of Science and Technology Leading Talent by MOST in 2012 and was elected as the Innovation of Science and Technology Leading Talent by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee General Office of China in 2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Water Systems
Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Liaohe and Songhuajiang River Basins
Editors: Yonghui Song, Beidou Xi, Yuan Zhang, Kun Lei, Richard Williams, Mengheng Zhang, Weijing Kong, … Olaf Kolditz