caa a22 4500 44537828X CHVBK 20180317143009.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-011-0730-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-011-0730-x Water Management Challenges in the Context of Agricultural Intensification and Endemic Fluorosis: The Case of Yuanmou County [Elektronische Daten] [Jing Fang, Xinan Wu, Jianchu Xu, Xuefei Yang, Xiaoxiao Song, Guangan Wang, Maosheng Yan, Mei Yan, Danni Wang] Yuanmou County in Yunnan Province, China is situated in a dry hot valley where annual evaporation is almost six times the annual rainfall and thus the county suffers from chronic water shortages. Since the early 1980s the county has taken advantage of local warm climate and focused its economic development strategy on commercial vegetable plantations. This strategy successfully brings high income to the local government and farmers, but increases water consumption and adds an extra stressor to the already diminished water resources. Yuanmou County is one of the endemic fluorosis hotspots in China where both dental and skeletal fluorosis cases have been found among local villagers that were diagnosed as being water-borne. Despite measures to adapt to water shortages and control fluorosis taken by the local government and communities, new challenges are emerging. Herein, we describe the water management challenges facing the county as well as document the coping strategies adopted by the government and communities, analyze remaining and emerging challenges, and suggest an ecohealth framework for better management of water resources in Yuanmou. International Association for Ecology and Health, 2012 water management challenges nationallicence agricultural intensification nationallicence endemic fluorosis nationallicence Yuanmou County nationallicence Fang Jing Institute for Health Sciences, Kunming Medical University, #1168 Chun Rong Xi Lu, Yu Hua Jie Dao, Cheng Gong Xin Qu, 650500, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China aut Wu Xinan School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut Xu Jianchu World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), East-Asia Program, Nairobi, Kenya aut Yang Xuefei Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China aut Song Xiaoxiao Environment Health in Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut Wang Guangan Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Yuanmou, China aut Yan Maosheng School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut Yan Mei World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), East-Asia Program, Nairobi, Kenya aut Wang Danni School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/4(2011-12-01), 444-455 1612-9202 8:4<444 2011 8 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0730-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0730-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fang Jing Institute for Health Sciences, Kunming Medical University, #1168 Chun Rong Xi Lu, Yu Hua Jie Dao, Cheng Gong Xin Qu, 650500, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wu Xinan School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xu Jianchu World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), East-Asia Program, Nairobi, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang Xuefei Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Song Xiaoxiao Environment Health in Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Guangan Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Yuanmou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yan Maosheng School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yan Mei World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), East-Asia Program, Nairobi, Kenya aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Danni School of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/4(2011-12-01), 444-455 1612-9202 8:4<444 2011 8 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer