| According to national statistics,China has more than 98,000 reservoirs by 2022,the largest number in the world.As water conservancy infrastructure,reservoirs are essential tools for flood control,hydroelectric power generation,drought prevention and water storage.In 2023,Document No.1 of the Central Committee clearly states that“the construction of water conservancy infrastructure should be strengthened,construction of water conservancy projects should be advanced and the building of key water network should be accelerated” in the context of our country’s implementation of the strategy of sustainable development of natural resources.China has listed reservoir governance as one of the key tasks to promote rural revitalization.Among them,the problem of reservoir governance in urban development zones has attracted much more attention.How to deal with the dangerous problems in the early construction of reservoirs in urban development zones,make good use of reservoir resources,and stabilize social order to promote urban construction have become urgent problems to be solved.The personal behavior of rationally pursuing maximized benefits ends up damaging public interests.That is what Harding called “the tragedy of the commons.”Based on the theory of the tragedy of the commons and a large number of predecessors’ literature,with the public resource attributes of reservoirs as the core,this study explores new models and ways of reservoir governance in China by taking the two projects of net-cage culture and sightseeing cruise ship in Sancha Reservoir in Chengdu as examples to fill the research gap in the field and strive to create new momentum for“harnessing water and prospering Sichuan.”Based on the perspective of the tragedy of the commons,the two cases of net-cage culture and sightseeing boat industry transformation in the governance of Chengdu Sancha reservoir are introduced in detail.Through the analysis of the two cases and the satisfaction survey of Sancha reservoir management in Chengdu,it is found that there are some problems in reservoir management in urban development zones,such as unclear definition of property rights,unbalanced interests of the game and lack of satisfaction of management.Subsequently,the study proposes corresponding and improved countermeasures for reservoir governance in urban development zones based on the experience of reservoir governance at home and abroad and the case study results of Sancha reservoir governance in Chengdu from the perspective of the theory of the tragedy of commons:(1)Fully solicit public opinions and clarify the property rights of reservoir economic resources;(2)Pay attention to key groups,and establish and implement reward and punishment mechanisms for reservoir governance;(3)Guard the bottom line of ecological environmental protection and ensure the basic functions of reservoir flood control and water supply;(4)Seek development according to local conditions,and appropriately explore new models of reservoir economy. |
