Water Resources Supporting Capacity to Regional Socio-economic Development of China

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  • Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 2011-09-09

  Revised date: 2011-10-25

  Online published: 2012-03-20

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Key Project of the National 11th Five-Year Research Program of China, No.2008BAH31B01; National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.41171032

Abstract

An indicator called Water Supporting Index (WSPI) was built to measure the degree of water scarcity, which considered water resources and water withdrawal of both local and upstream areas. An evaluation model was established to calculate WSPI of 210 sub-basins and also in province scale and county scale. Water resources supporting capacity classes to regional socio-economic development was divided by WSPI. The spatial status of the capacity classes and its relationship with population and Gross Domestic Product were analyzed. Furthermore, the differences in regions suffering water scarcity were discussed. The result of WSPI was very similar to the actual water scarcity situation of China. Therefore, WSPI can be used in water resources management and socio-economic development decision-making.

Cite this article

LI Jiuyi, LI Lijuan . Water Resources Supporting Capacity to Regional Socio-economic Development of China[J]. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2012 , 67(3) : 410 -419 . DOI: 10.11821/xb201203012

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