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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY /1
2. BACKGROUND /5
  2.1. PRESENT SITUATION IN CHINA /5
  2.2. SNDP AND EAST ROUTE /7
  2.3. PROJECT AREA /8
    2.3.1. Climate Conditions /11
    2.3.2. Water Resources Conditions /12
      RIVER SYSTEM /13
      WATER RESOURCES /15
    2.3.3. Social and economic conditions /16
      Education /19
      Health /19
      Communication /20
      Energy /20
3. METHODOLOGY /21
  3.1. CLIMATE CHANGE MODELS /24
    3.1.1. SINTEXG global coupled climate model /25
    3.1.2. NCC/IAP T63 and RegCM3 global and regional coupled climate models /28
    3.1.3. NCC Hydrological models for climate studies /29
      NCC SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model: /29
      NCC Xin An Jiang Model (monthly distribution hydrological model) /29
      NCC AVIM (Vegetation Interaction Model): /29
  3.2. HYDRAULIC MODULE /30
    3.2.1. Rowas /31
    3.2.2. ResSim /39
  3.3. SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODULE /52
    3.3.1. Introduction /52
    3.3.2. Indicators /54
    3.3.3. Environmental Computable General Equilibrium Model /55
      Specifying the Behavioural Equations /59
      Collecting the Required Information /60
      Solving For Behavioural Equations /62
    3.3.4. Multi Criteria Analysis /64
      Defining the Overall Objective Function /64
      Building a Constraint Maximisation Problem at Municipal Level /64
      Constructing a Constraint Maximisation Problem at Province Level /64
  3.4. INTEGRATION BETWEEN MODULES /65
    3.4.1. Integration water resources models (rowas+resim) /65
    3.4.2. Integration-climate change to water resources module /69
    3.4.3. Integration water resources to socio-economic module /73
  3.5. INTEGRATED MODEL /74
    3.5.1. Building of Scenarios /74
4. EVALUATION OF THE EAST ROUTE IMPACT /77
  4.1. CLIMATE CHANGE /77
    4.1.1. Observations /77
      Climate change over the past 50 years /77
      Climate change in the past 100 years /80
      Dryness evolution of the past 500 years /81
      Estimation of possible precipitation trend /86
    4.1.2. Scenarios /87
    4.1.3. Models results /89
      The GCMs results /89
      The INGV _ SINTEXG model results /90
      Global climate model NCC/IAP T63 /95
      Regional climate model RegCM3 /96
    4.1.4. Models results on the impacts of climate change on water and biomes /98
      POSSIBLE CHANGE IN WATER AVAILABILITY /98
      POSSIBLE CHANGE IN VEGETATION /106
    4.1.5. Findings /109
  4.2. WATER RESOURCES /110
    4.2.1. Scenarios /110
      HYDROLOGIC SITUATION /110
      EFFECT OF THE DIVERSION /110
    4.2.2. Models results /111
      ROWAS RESULTS /111
      RESSIM RESULTS /130
    4.2.3. Findings /141
      WATER RESOURCES FINDINGS /141
      East route management findings /141
  4.3. SOCIO ECONOMY /143
    4.3.1. Scenarios /143
    4.3.2. Models results /144
      Average years /145
      Dry years /172
    4.3.3. Findings /173
  4.4. CONCLUSION /173
    4.4.1. Climate change conclusion /173
    4.4.2. Water resources conclusion /173
    4.4.3. Socio-economic conclusion /174
5. STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT /175
  5.1. INTEREST RELATIONS THAT MAY GENERATE FROM THE SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT (EAST ROUTE) /176
    5.1.1. Interest relations between governmental management departments /176
      Harmony between the Central Government and local governments /176
      Harmony of interests between different governmental departments /176
      Harmony between local governments of different intake areas /177
      Harmony between management organs of different drainage areas /177
      Harmony between management organs of drainage areas and local administrative departments of water /178
    5.1.2. Investment and construction process /178
      Interest distribution among main body of investment construction /178
      Harmony of Interest between investment construction body and emigrant /178
    5.1.3. Operation process /178
      Harmony between water diversion companies and water supply companies /178
      Harmony between different water users in the same intake area /179
      Harmony between the administrative functional departments and the water supply companies in various provinces /179
  5.2. ANALYSIS OF THE STAKEHOLDERS /180
    5.2.1. Governmental management departments /180
      The South-to-North Water Diversion Project Construction Committee under the State Council /180
      The State Development and Reform Commission /181
      The Ministry of Water Resources /181
      Management organs of drainage areas /181
      Leadership organizations of the construction of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project of the relevant provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government along the route and their working bodies /182
      The Ministry of Construction /182
      The State Environmental Protection Administration /182
      The local governments (at provincial, municipal and county levels) along the route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project /182
    5.2.2. Investment and construction processes /182
      The project entity of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project /182
      The water supply (distribution) companies of various provinces and cities /183
      The units performing the project management /183
      Lending banks /183
      Emigrants /183
    5.2.3. Operation process of the project /183
      Enterprises (of the primary, secondary and tertiary industry) /183
      Residents (urban and rural residents) /183
  5.3. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS ON STAKEHOLDERS /184
    5.3.1. Analysis on WATER CONSUMPTION for the primary industry and industrial enterprises /184
    5.3.2. Analysis on shareholders for urban and rural residents /187
  5.4. ESTABLISHMENT OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION MECHANISMS FOR THE SOUTH- TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT /189
    5.4.1. Managerial system of water resources /191
      The existing managerial system of water resources in our country /191
    5.4.2. Establishment of reasonable and effective managerial systems of water resources /192
      Strengthening the unified administration of water resources /192
      Establishing the water right system and attaching importance to the ascription of water rights /193
    5.4.3. Managerial system of the construction of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project /194
    5.4.4. Investment and financing systems of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project /196
      Determination of the investments apportioned by the provinces along the route /198
      Clarifying the economic properties of the project and determining the main bodies of investment /198
      Determination of the proportions of the Central Government and the local governments in the public welfare investments /199
      Determination of equity financing and debt financing in various investments /199
    5.4.5. Water price forming mechanism /200
      Composition of water price /201
      Water price forming mechanism /202
      Water prices for different stakeholders /203
      Coming into being of the water market /204
    5.4.6. Water Amount Distribution Mechanism /205
      Water Diversion Principles /205
      Ascertaining the Amount of Water Scarcity /206
      Ascertaining the Water Diversion Amount /207
      Diverting Water Amount According to Law /208
    5.4.7. Interest Compensating Mechanism /208
      Ascertaining the Loss /209
      Making Appropriate Migration Policy /209
      Separating the Budgetary Estimation of Compensation Investment for Land- Expropriated Emigrants and the Budgetary Estimation of Major Project /210
      Enhancing the Supply of Relevant Laws and Regulations /210
      Enhancing the Supervision upon Emigrant Relocation /212
6. ECOLOGICAL IMPACT /213
  6.1. NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT AND THEIR ASSESSMENT /213
    6.1.1. South-to-North Water Diversion Project's impact on the recharge of groundwater /213
    6.1.2. South-to-North Water Diversion Project's promotion for the environmental governance /214
  6.2. QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS /215
    6.2.1. Objectives and method of survey /215
    6.2.2. Assessment of the average ecological and environmental benefit in the regions along the east route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project /215
  6.3. DETERMINATION OF ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT COEFFICIENTS OF DIFFERENT CITIES /216
  6.4. ASSESSMENT FOR WATER CONSUMPTION IN ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT(SNDP) /217
  6.5. ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE OF THE VARIOUS REGIONS ALONG THE EAST ROUTE OF THE SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER DIVERSION PROJECT /218
7. DATABASE /221
8. ANNEXES /223
  8.1. WATER RESOURCES/239
    8.1.1. ROWAS MODEL /223
      Objectives of Rowas Application /223
      System Elements & Framework /223
      Rule set & Functional Modules /224
      RULE SET /224
      CLASSIFICATION OF WATER SOURCES & USERS /226
      FUNCTIONAL MODULES /227
    8.1.2. ResSim Model /230
      WATERSHED SETUP MODULE /230
      RESERVOIR NETWORK MODULE /231
      SIMULATION MODULE /233
  8.2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC /233
    8.2.1. Social Accounting Matrix /233
    8.2.2. Environmental Computable General Equilibrium Model /236
      Definitions /236
      Assumptions /236
      The 28 equations /237
      The 25 variables /237
    8.2.3. Economic, social and environmental indicators /237
    8.2.4. Social, environmental and economic objectives /238
    8.2.5. The MCA /238
9. ROSTER OF EXPERTS /241
  9.1.1 CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES /241
  9.1.2 MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES /242
  9.1.3 CHINA METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION /243
  9.1.4 ITALIAN EXPERTS /244
10. REFERENCES /247