Expertise: water resources management
Expertise Group: Agriculture/Rural Development
Consultant Source: National
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Objective and Purpose of the Assignment
It is estimated that a technical assistance (TA) for the People’s Republic of China for the Research on
Integrated Management of Water Scarcity and Ecological Protection in the Yellow River Basin (YRB) will
require (i) 13.80 person-months (pm) of consulting services, comprising one international and five
national individual consultants: water resources management specialist (international, 1.00 pm; and
national, 3.40 pm), water resources allocation specialist (national, 2.00 pm), ecology specialist
(national, 3.00 pm), land resources management specialist (national, 1.40 pm), and computer engineer for
modeling (national, 3.00 pm); and (ii) 0.90 pm of five national resources persons for integrated river
basin management, water resources management, water policy, land use policy, and ecology (national, 0.18
pm each). Asian Development Bank (ADB) will engage each of the consultants and resource persons through
individual consultant selection and a lump-sum contract with provision for fixed out-of-pocket
expenditures, following ADB’s Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time); the Procurement
Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time); and their associated project
administration instructions and/or staff instructions.
This document sets out terms of reference of an individual national water resources management
specialist for the TA. The direct client is the ADB. Services of the specialist will be provided to the
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), the executing agency of the TA.
Scope of Work
The specialist will assist the IWHR staff in (i) collecting information for 20 years from 2001 to 2020
on hydrometeorology and water resources in the upper and middle YRB; (ii) clarifying the competition and
coordination relationship between different ecosystems under different spatial distribution, proportion,
and scale for water consumption; (iii) developing methodologies to regulate water resources for the
ecosystems; (iv) assessing influence of different factors on the total water consumption of ecosystems
in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; and (v) preparing a plan for sustainable climate-resilient water
consumption control for ecosystems in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output
By conducting field surveys with the IWHR staff as required, the specialist will assist the IWHR staff
in:
(i) collecting information for 20 years from 2001 to 2020 on hydrometeorology, including climate change
(i.e., quantity of precipitation with climate change-induced changes in precipitation patterns, runoff,
climate change-induced changes in evapotranspiration, etc.); and water resources (i.e., surface water
resources, ground water resources, water supply, water consumption, etc.) in the upper and middle YRB
from the third national land survey through the interpretation and analysis of remote-sensing data
and/or through literature research;
(ii) clarifying the competition and coordination relationship between different ecosystems under
different spatial distribution, proportion, and scale (e.g., mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes,
grass, and sand) for water consumption (through evapotranspiration or percolation), considering
predicted climate change impacts on the hydrological cycle as one of the factors influencing water
availability;
(iii) developing methodologies to regulate water resources for the ecosystems, considering climate
change;
(iv) assessing influence of different factors such as the spatial layout; and proportion of mountains,
rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grass, and sand on the total water consumption of ecosystems in the
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region; and
(v) preparing a plan for sustainable climate-resilient water consumption control for ecosystems in the
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
By the end of the assignment, the specialist will submit a report to ADB and the IWHR (a soft copy of
the English version to ADB and soft copies of the English and the Chinese versions to the IWHR). The
submitted report will be subject to review by ADB and the IWHR.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
The specialist shall have a master’s or higher degree in water resources and/or hydrology, memberships
in related academic societies, at least 30 years of experience in water resources management, and
experience in and knowledge on water resources utilization and regional and basin planning and
management.
Minimum General Experience: 30 Years
Minimum Specific Experience (relevant to assignment): 30 Years
