| Abstract | 第4页 |
| Chapter Ⅰ. The Yellow River of China and the Colorado River of the United States:An Illuminating Comparison | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter Ⅱ. Background:How the Chinese and U.S. Government Systems Work | 第10-13页 |
| 2.1 The Government System of the People's Republic ofChina | 第10-12页 |
| 2.2 The Government System of the United States ofAmerica | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter Ⅲ. Case Study of the Western United States:Handling Colorado River WaterShortages | 第13-42页 |
| 3.1 The Western United States:Settlement, Water Resources, and CurrentSituation | 第13-25页 |
| 3.1.1 Early Settlement and Water Law in the Western United States | 第13-16页 |
| 3.1.2 The Colorado River Compact:The Law of the River | 第16-23页 |
| 3.1.3 Current Water Situation in the Western United States | 第23-25页 |
| 3.2 The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Answer to the Colorado River Basin Water ShortageChallenge | 第25-36页 |
| 3.2.1 The Role of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation | 第25-27页 |
| 3.2.2 The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Colorado River Water Shortages | 第27-31页 |
| 3.2.3 The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Hands-Off System in Practice | 第31-36页 |
| 3.3 Strengths and Weaknesses of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Approach to Managing Colorado RiverBasin Shortages | 第36-42页 |
| Chapter Ⅳ. Case Study of Northern China:Handling Yellow River WaterShortages | 第42-100页 |
| 4.1 Northern China:Settlement, Water Resources, and CurrentSituation | 第42-89页 |
| 4.1.1 Early Settlement and Water Law in Northern China | 第44-48页 |
| 4.1.2 The Water Resources Allocation Plan of the Yellow River:China's Limited Law of the River | 第48-51页 |
| 4.1.3 Water Law of the People's Republic of China:A Gradually Evolving Framework | 第51-85页 |
| 4.1.4 Current Water Situation in Northern China | 第85-89页 |
| 4.2 The Yellow River Conservancy Commission's Answer to the Yellow River Basin Water ShortageChallenge | 第89-97页 |
| 4.2.1 The Role of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission | 第90-92页 |
| 4.2.2 The Yellow River Conservancy Commission and Yellow River Water Shortages | 第92-94页 |
| 4.2.3 The Yellow River Conservancy Commission's Practical Response to Yellow River Water Shortages | 第94-97页 |
| 4.3 Strengths and Weaknesses of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission's Approach to ManagingYellow River Basin Shortages | 第97-100页 |
| Chapter Ⅴ.Side-by-Side Analysis of the U.S.and Chinese Approaches to Basin Management of WaterShortages | 第100-104页 |
| Chapter Ⅵ.Scaling California's Integrated Regional Water Management(IRWM)Program | 第104-109页 |
| 6.1 California's IRWM Program:The WaterIdeal | 第104-108页 |
| 6.2 Reform Recommendations:Adapting the IRWM Program to the Colorado River and the YellowRiver | 第108-109页 |
| Chapter Ⅶ.Looking Forward:WaterMatters | 第109-112页 |
| References | 第112-124页 |
| Author's thanks | 第124-125页 |
| 攻读学位期间发表的学术论文目录 | 第125页 |
