Integrated water resource security evaluation of Beijing based on GRA and TOPSIS

Abstract To reasonably evaluate the water resource security state, this research built a water resource security evaluation index system of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) based on the driving force-pressure-state-impact (DPSI) concept framework, established a water resource security evaluation model by combining the entropy weight method with the fuzzy set pair analysis method and conducted quantitative evaluations of the water resource security states from 2008 to 2016. All the work above was based on the comprehensive consideration of the water resource characteristics in different areas of the YREB, following the index system construction principles. The results have shown that on the whole, the water resource security state of the YREB has generally undergone a process from getting worse to getting better in the latest nine years. From the aspect of the percentages of the water resource security grades, the spatial distribution of water resource security in the YREB is highest in the downstream area, second in the middle reaches, and lowest in the upper reaches. From the aspect of the DPSI security evaluation results, the driving force and state of the water resource are the important factors affecting the water resource security of the YREB.

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Water Resource Security: Case Study from Luoyang City, China

Water ◽

10.3390/w10081106 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 1106 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Guanghua Dong ◽

Juqin Shen ◽

Yizhen Jia ◽

Fuhua Sun

Keyword(s):

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Evaluation Index System ◽

Security Evaluation ◽

Security Level ◽

Analysis Model ◽

Water Resource System ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

The security of water resources is the core content and ultimate goal of urban water resource management agencies. The management of water resources is directly related to the needs of urban residents’ lives and the area’s socio-economic development. How to determine the effective evaluation indicators and methods is an important prerequisite to solving the water resource security problem. This study took Luoyang City as the research area and constructed a water resource security evaluation index system based on pressure-state-response framework. An analytic hierarchy process and entropy weight method were used to determine the index weight. A set pair analysis model was then introduced to evaluate the security of water resources in Luoyang from 2006 to 2016. The results of this study show that the standard of water resource security generally improved in Luoyang in the latter years of the study period. From 2006 to 2008, Luoyang was graded at the Insecurity Level. This compares to a slightly improved grading of Critical Security Level from 2009 to 2016 (except for 2013). However, the overall grade is still low. The pressure on the Luoyang water resource system mainly comes from the development of the urban socio-economy, which in turn has caused problems for both the quantity and quality of water resources. Therefore, a series of countermeasures have been introduced as a means of improving the water resource security of Luoyang, and these measures have achieved certain results. However, further improvements to the efficiency of water resource utilization and strengthening the management and protection of water resources remain necessary.

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Assessment of water resource security in karst area of Guizhou Province, China

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-87066-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Liying Liu

Keyword(s):

Neural Network ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Bp Neural Network ◽

Back Propagation ◽

Water Shortage ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Karst Area ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

AbstractThis paper presents the assessment of water resource security in the Guizhou karst area, China. A mean impact value and back-propagation (MIV-BP) neural network was used to understand the influencing factors. Thirty-one indices involving five aspects, the water quality subsystem, water quantity subsystem, engineering water shortage subsystem, water resource vulnerability subsystem, and water resource carrying capacity subsystem, were selected to establish an evaluation index of water resource security. In addition, a genetic algorithm and back-propagation (GA-BP) neural network was constructed to assess the water resource security of Guizhou Province from 2001 to 2015. The results show that water resource security in Guizhou was at a moderate warning level from 2001 to 2006 and a critical safety level from 2007 to 2015, except in 2011 when a moderate warning level was reached. For protection and management of water resources in a karst area, the modes of development and utilization of water resources must be thoroughly understood, along with the impact of engineering water shortage. These results are a meaningful contribution to regional ecological restoration and socio-economic development and can promote better practices for future planning.

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Mapping the Distribution of Water Resource Security in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region at the County Level under a Changing Context

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11226463 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (22) ◽

pp. 6463 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Li ◽

Yin ◽

Zhang ◽

Croke ◽

Guo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Large Scale ◽

Water Diversion ◽

County Level ◽

Populated Region ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region is the most densely populated region in China and suffers from severe water resource shortage, with considerable water-related issues emerging under a changing context such as construction of water diversion projects (WDP), regional synergistic development, and climate change. To this end, this paper develops a framework to examine the water resource security for 200 counties in the Jingjinji region under these changes. Thus, county-level water resource security is assessed in terms of the long-term annual mean and selected typical years (i.e., dry, normal, and wet years), with and without the WDP, and under the current and projected future (i.e., regional synergistic development and climate change). The outcomes of such scenarios are assessed based on two water-crowding indicators, two use-to-availability indicators, and one composite indicator. Results indicate first that the water resources are distributed unevenly, relatively more abundant in the northeastern counties and extremely limited in the other counties. The water resources are very limited at the regional level, with the water availability per capita and per unit gross domestic product (GDP) being only 279/290 m3 and 46/18 m3 in the current and projected future scenarios, respectively, even when considering the WDP. Second, the population carrying capacity is currently the dominant influence, while economic development will be the controlling factor in the future for most middle and southern counties. This suggests that significant improvement in water-saving technologies, vigorous replacement of industries from high to low water consumption, as well as water from other supplies for large-scale applications are greatly needed. Third, the research identifies those counties most at risk to water scarcity and shows that most of them can be greatly relieved after supplementation by the planned WDP. Finally, more attention should be paid to the southern counties because their water resources are not only limited but also much more sensitive and vulnerable to climate change. This work should benefit water resource management and allocation decisions in the Jingjinji region, and the proposed assessment framework can be applied to other similar problems.

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Impact of the dynamic relation between lakes and rivers on water resource security in Jianghan Plain region of Hubei province

2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering ◽

10.1109/rsete.2011.5964514 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Longmei Ning ◽

Xuelei Wang ◽

Ping Chen

Keyword(s):

Water Resource ◽

Hubei Province ◽

Jianghan Plain ◽

Dynamic Relation ◽

Plain Region ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

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Dynamic Analysis of the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Urbanization and Water Resource Security and Its Obstacle Factor

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16234765 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (23) ◽

pp. 4765 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kaize Zhang ◽

Juqin Shen ◽

Ran He ◽

Bihang Fan ◽

Han Han

Keyword(s):

Water Resource ◽

High Speed ◽

Development Stage ◽

Coordination State ◽

Beijing City ◽

Steady Growth ◽

The Social ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Coordination Degree ◽

Resource Security

Water resource security is an important condition for socio-economic development. Recently, the process of urbanization brings increasing pressures on water resources. Thus, a good understanding of harmonious development of urbanization and water resource security (WRS) systems is necessary. This paper examined the coordination state between urbanization and WRS and its obstacle factors in Beijing city, utilizing the improved coupling coordination degree (ICCD) model, obstacle degree model, and indicator data from 2008 to 2017. Results indicated that: (1) The coupling coordination degree between WRS and urbanization displayed an overall upward tendency during the 2008–2017 period; the coupling coordination state has changed from an imbalanced state into a good coordination state, experiencing from a high-speed development stage (2008–2010), through a steady growth stage (2010–2014), towards a low-speed growth (2014–2017). (2) In urbanization system, both the social and spatial urbanizations have the greatest obstruction to the development of urbanization-WRS system. The subsystems of pressure and state are the domain obstacle subsystems in WRS system. These results can provide important support for urban planning and water resource protection in the future, and hold great significance for urban sustainable development.

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Evaluation of Water Resource Security Based on an MIV-BP Model in a Karst Area

Water ◽

10.3390/w10060786 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 786 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Liying Liu ◽

Dongjie Guan ◽

Qingwei Yang

Keyword(s):

Water Resource ◽

Karst Area ◽

Bp Model ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

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A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Evaluation Method of Water Resource Security Based on Pressure-Status-Response Structure

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-59280-0_98 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 1186-1197

Author(s):

Talat Qadeer ◽

Zongmin Li

Keyword(s):

Water Resource ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Multi Criteria Evaluation ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

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Sensitivity assessment and simulation of water resource security in karst areas within the context of hydroclimate change

Journal of Cleaner Production ◽

10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120994 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 258 ◽

pp. 120994 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Boling Yin ◽

Dongjie Guan ◽

Lilei Zhou ◽

Jian Zhou ◽

Xiujuan He

Keyword(s):

Water Resource ◽

Sensitivity Assessment ◽

Karst Areas ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

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Influencing Indicators and Quantitative Assessment of Water Resources Security in Karst Region Based on PSER Model—The Case of Guizhou

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11205671 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (20) ◽

pp. 5671 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Zhou ◽

Su ◽

Zhang

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Water Resources ◽

Water Resource ◽

Water Consumption ◽

Water Resource Management ◽

Guizhou Province ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Management Measures ◽

Water Resource Security ◽

Resource Security

An important basis to achieve a sustainable balance between water availability and demand is effectively identifying the factors affecting water resource security and evaluating the effectiveness of existing water resource management measures. To reasonably evaluate water resource security in Guizhou Province, this study combined the water resource security features, selected the indicator system based on the Press–Status–Effect–Response (PSER) framework, and used Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and grey correlation analysis for the province from 2001 to 2015. This allowed us to identify the main driving factors affecting water resource security. The results showed that: (1) Water resource security in Guizhou Province showed an overall trend of improvement from 2001 to 2015 and reached a maximum index of 0.57 in 2015. This amelioration in water security was mainly due to the continuous improvement of the response and effect subgroup as a result of improvements in its existing subgroup factors (policies), such as water consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP), the proportion of water conservancy investment, and the proportion of the tertiary industry. Increased water stress due to rapid economic development, such as water supply for the reservoir, and the instability of the status subgroup, were the main factors negatively affecting water resource security. (2) Reduction of water consumption per USD of industrial value added, the control force of water and soil erosion being strengthened, and investment in water resources being increased, are the key factors for achieving water resource security in Guizhou during this period of rapid social and economic development. This indicates that the existing water resource management measures have been improving water resource security. The management measures need to be further improved in the future to protect water resource.

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