本书收录了汪恕诚从1999年3月至2002年11月期间发表的16篇有关资源水利的学术报告和论文。作者立足当今中国经济社会发展的现实，根据中国水资源的实际状况，以人与自然和谐共处为理念，创造性地提出了中国水利要从工程水利向资源水利，从传统水利向现代水利、可持续发展水利转变，通过水资源的优化配置，满足经济社会发展的需求，以水资源的可持续利用支持经济社会的可持续发展的治水新思路。本书系统论述了资源水利的科学内涵与实践基础，回答了水利建设和水资源管理中的一系列实践问题。

Preface
From Project-based Water Management to Resource-oriented Water Management：Advance China's Water Management Towards the 21 Century
Resource-oriented Water Management and the Yellow River
About People's Perception Change of Water in Nine Aspects
Theoretical Lmplication and Practical Basis of Resource-oriented Water Management
Water Mangement Meets Five-Level Hierarchy of Needs by Social and Economic Development
Water Rights and Water Market-Economic Measures for Achieving Optimal Allocation of Water Resources
Water Rights Management and Water-saving Society
Analysis,Readjustment and Control of Water Environment Carrying Capacity
To Develop a Path of Managing Water Resources with Chinese Charactcteristics