Abstract:
This paper firstly reviewed the current water resource management mode and its basic characteristics of the Tarim River basin, and analyzed vital barriers of the current water management regime indepeding local economic development. A kind of innovative mechanism based on water property rights trade-off was introduced into water management of the basin by the authors. The ideas presented in the paper will be of great significance not only for current regulation and optimized allocation of water resource in the Tarim River basin, but also for the improvement and enhancement of water management for other watersheds.
