Regional Difference of Water Resource Stress in China: An Analysis Based on the Overall Well-Off Society Development Objective
China has to face a major challenge in managing its scarce water resource to sustain social and economic growth, as its water resource per capita is only about a quarter of the worlds average. Because of the great difference in spatial and temporal distribution, water resource shortage has become the most serious obstacle to social and economic development in such areas as North China Plain and Northwest China where there exists extreme water poverty. Currently, China is undergoing a rapid urbanization and industrialization process and strives towards an overall well-off society by 2020.It is of great importance to recognize the local water resource stress clearly in order to exploit water resource more rationally. From the viewpoint of sustainability, the authors established a water resource stress index model to measure the water resource stresses in each province in China arising from population, eco-environment and economic development respectively and their integration. Comparing the values of water resource stress indices among provinces, with the application of ArcGis software, the authors set off the land into four gradual water recourse stress divisions, in accordance respectively with population stress, ecoenvironment stress, economic development stress and their integration on regional water resource. The research results can be used as fundamental reference for policy makers to undertake initiatives towards a sustainable water resource management.
water resource shortage water resources stress indez population eco-environment economic development well-off society building China
WU Peilin HAN Xue ZHOU Jinghua
School of Business Studies, Shandong University at Weihai, China,264209 School of Business Studies, Shandong University at Weihai, China, 264209
国际会议
2010 International Conference on Regional Management Science and Engineering(2010年区域管理科学与工程国际会议)
济南
英文
159-166
2010-04-17（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）