Water Crisis as a Security Issue: Water Securitization in People’s Republic of China
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211206.033How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Water Crisis; Water Scarcity; Securitization; China
- Abstract
The global water crisis has caused a wide range of problems. Several studies focus on the worldwide distribution of water and its impact on economic sector, human health, and the social and political aspect. However, This study then discusses the water crisis as a security issue in China by exploring policies and projects in China toward water crisis. There are a tendency, The state is the primary actor in any securitization process then water issue might be turned into an national security problem. This article uses qualitative approach with document as the secondary data. This article finds that securitization process in People’s Republic of China (PRC) is essentially a state-centred project, which means that the state plays an important role in securitizing issue. The securitizing actor, the People’s of Republic of China government, takes a speech act on water issue. The government also implement a strict control to support its water policies.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Gita Karisma AU - Hasbi Sidik PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/07 TI - Water Crisis as a Security Issue: Water Securitization in People’s Republic of China BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Indonesia Conference on Interdisciplinary Studies (IICIS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 236 EP - 242 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211206.033 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211206.033 ID - Karisma2021 ER -