RAINWATER UTILIZATION IN SEMI-ARID HILLY REGION OF NORTH CHINA - A CASE STUDY FROM YUANSHI COUNTY OF HEBEI PROVINCE

摘要

By reviewing the long-term struggle with drought, previous studies and practice of rainwater utilization, the authors conclude that the utilization ways of rainwater resource and development mode of rainwater agriculture in semi-arid North China are "to develop rainwater collection, storage and saving simultaneously". Regional water crisis is becoming more and more serious and limited social development. Facing this problem, the authors propose water resources development strategies and long-term regional water control measures which take rainwater as a main body for sustainable utilization.