Documents & Reports
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International experience in water resource management and the lessons for China (English)
To some degree, almost all countries in the world have water resource problems. However, the forms of and solutions to the problem are different in different countries. Over the past several decades, many...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 46913 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wang,Manchuan,Wang,Xuejun
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International experience in water resource management and the lessons for China (Chinese)
To some degree, almost all countries in the world have water resource problems. However, the forms of and solutions to the problem are different in different countries. Over the past several decades, many...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 46913 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Wang,Manchuan,Wang,Xuejun
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Water resources management in an arid environment: the case of Israel (English)
Israel is a semi-arid country, and a significant increase in population combined with sustained economic growth now place enormous pressure on the country's scarce water resources. To date however, the...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37745 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Warford,Jeremy James,Zhou,Gangyan
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Water resources management in an arid environment: the case of Israel (Chinese)
Israel is a semi-arid country, and a significant increase in population combined with sustained economic growth now place enormous pressure on the country's scarce water resources. To date however, the...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37745 Document Date: June 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Warford,Jeremy James,Zhou,Gangyan
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Evolution of integrated approaches to water resource management in Europe and the United States: some lessons from experience (English)
This report highlights some of the key policy, legal and institutional issues encountered in the management of water resources, drawing primarily upon experience in Europe and the USA. The objective is...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37744 Document Date: April 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cao, Y.S.,Warford,Jeremy James
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Evolution of integrated approaches to water resource management in Europe and the United States: some lessons from experience (Chinese)
This report highlights some of the key policy, legal and institutional issues encountered in the management of water resources, drawing primarily upon experience in Europe and the USA. The objective is...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 37744 Document Date: April 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cao, Y.S.,Warford,Jeremy James
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International experience with toxic chemical management (English)
This note provides an overview of international experience with toxic chemical management. Such experience is drawn from practice in the United States, the European Union and its member nations, Japan...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37750 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The UK emergency response systems: the case of the buncefield incident and lessons learned (Chinese)
This paper describes the UK Emergency Response Systems, their application during the Buncefield incident and the lessons that can be learned from the enquiry into the incident. It describes the roles and...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37749 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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An overview of major multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous chemical management (English)
The international community has developed a number of multilateral environmental agreements (MEA) including the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Convention to improve the management...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37751 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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United States experience in environmental emergency planning and responses (English)
This background paper reviews the development and key regulations of US environmental emergency planning and response, current main programs in their pollution/spill prevention, preparedness and response...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37748 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gong, Yuyang
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United States experience in environmental emergency planning and responses (Chinese)
This background paper reviews the development and key regulations of US environmental emergency planning and response, current main programs in their pollution/spill prevention, preparedness and response...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37748 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gong, Yuyang
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An overview of major multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous chemical management (Chinese)
The international community has developed a number of multilateral environmental agreements (MEA) including the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Convention to improve the management...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37751 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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The UK emergency response systems: the case of the buncefield incident and lessons learned (English)
This paper describes the UK Emergency Response Systems, their application during the Buncefield incident and the lessons that can be learned from the enquiry into the incident. It describes the roles and...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37749 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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International experience with toxic chemical management (Chinese)
This note provides an overview of international experience with toxic chemical management. Such experience is drawn from practice in the United States, the European Union and its member nations, Japan...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 37750 Document Date: January 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed