Regionalization of water environmental carrying capacity for supporting the sustainable water resources management and development in China

Jia, Zimu; Cai, Yanpeng; Chen, Yan; Zeng, Weihua

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.03.030

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“…The residual soil environmental capacity is influenced by background value, standard referential value, land-use type, the amount of the pollutant entering into the soil of per unit area, self-purification ability of soil environment, etc. [17]. Based on the residual soil environmental capacity, the decision makers could judge whether each type of soil come up to standard and how many pollutants could be brought into the soil.…”

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Assessing soil environmental capacity on different land uses in a suburban area of Chengdu, China

Yang¹,

Zhou²,

Wan³

et al. 2019

Environ. Protect. Eng.

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is the area which undertakes high-intensity planting activities. Additionally, the soil environmental capacity has been a hot area of research as it plays a key role in environmental protection planning, environmental impact assessment and sustainable development. In this paper, the static model of soil environmental capacity is employed to investigate the distribution of residual soil environmental capacity in Wenjiang. The results show that the soil environmental capacity of mercury is the largest for industrial land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas; the soil environmental capacity of arsenic is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in ecological conservation zone; the soil environmental capacity of lead is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas; and the soil environmental capacity of chromium is the largest in city construction land while it is the lowest in garlic-rice planting areas.

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confidence: 99%

Assessing soil environmental capacity on different land uses in a suburban area of Chengdu, China

Yang¹,

Zhou²,

Wan³

et al. 2019

Environ. Protect. Eng.

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653

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“…Therefore, an index system of the regional water environment integrated governance performance evaluation that includes ecological, social, and economic benefits, as well as qualitative and quantitative indicators was built. And it combines the results of references [7,[21][22], the expert opinion, and Water Environmental Quality Assessment Index [23] proposed in the Environmental Technology Draft Report published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2003. The specific indicator system is shown in Table 1.…”

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“…The formulation of a scientific and reasonable mechanism to evaluate the performance of water environment integrated governance is currently a significant issue in both the theory and practice of water environment improvement.The shortage and serious pollution of water resources are severe obstacles to meeting the demand for clean water [5,6]. Academic research on the water environment governance from different perspectives has been emerging in an endless stream [7]. At present, the research mainly includes the vulnerability of water resources [8], evaluation of water quality [9], and methods of urban water governance [10].…”

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Performance Evaluation of Regional Water Environment Integrated Governance: Case Study from Henan Province, China

Tang

Dong

et al. 2020

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The performance of the regional water environment integrated governance is affected by many factors. This study took place in Henan Province, China, as the research area, and constructed an index system through the comprehensive consideration of three target layers based on the Ecological-Social-Economic (ESE) framework. Due to advantages such as strong objectivity and operability, the improved entropy-weight technique for the order of preference by similarity to the ideal solution (TOPSIS) model can greatly overcome subjective human interference and render the evaluation results more reliable. Therefore, it was introduced to evaluate the water environment integrated governance in Henan from 2007 to 2016. By applying the obstacle degree model, the obstacle factors were then diagnosed. The results of this study show that the overall performance of the integrated governance was generally improved in Henan from 2007 to 2016. Performance levels of the three target layers exhibited different trends, of which the social and economic benefits presented a linear increase year by year, but the ecological benefits presented a fluctuating downward trend. The obstacle on the Henan water environment integrated governance mainly comes from the ecological and economic benefits index. Therefore, a series of countermeasures have been proposed as a means of improving the governance performance in Henan.the new era. To promote the construction of ecological civilization, the governance of environmental pollution must be accelerated as soon as possible. In this study, research into the issue of water environment integrated governance has gradually become a focal point. The formulation of a scientific and reasonable mechanism to evaluate the performance of water environment integrated governance is currently a significant issue in both the theory and practice of water environment improvement.The shortage and serious pollution of water resources are severe obstacles to meeting the demand for clean water [5,6]. Academic research on the water environment governance from different perspectives has been emerging in an endless stream [7]. At present, the research mainly includes the vulnerability of water resources [8], evaluation of water quality [9], and methods of urban water governance [10]. The construction of evaluation indexes has gradually changed from the traditional viewpoint of 'water ecological' to the more comprehensive evaluation of ecology, society and economics [11,12]. For example, Fekete and Stakhiv studied the establishment of such indicators for a performance evaluation index system, and outlined a conceptual framework for indicators suitable to guiding both the water management planning as well as implementation evaluation [13]. On the basis of the ILBM (Lake Basin Management Initiative), Chidammodzi and Muhandiki built an indicator system from two aspects, namely the water resource subsystems and socioeconomic subsystems for the evaluation of water environment governance in the Lake Malawi Basin [14].The existing rese...

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“…Water is one of the most important basic service yet problematic in terms of its distribution and availability; therefore, this resource should be managed appropriately with regard to achieving sustainable development [13,14,15]. Well-managed water resources in a rapidly urbanized area are important because rapid urbanization will affect water security [16].…”

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Towards sustainable communities: Socioeconomic determinants of domestic water consumption in Surakarta City, Indonesia

Rahayu

Rini

2019

MATEC Web Conf.

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The gap in water consumption among urban households remains obvious in most cities in Indonesia. It is particularly the case for high-density urban areas. Dense urban areas and limited availability of water resource position water as a contested resource. Regarding water as a contested resource, this paper aims to identify the socioeconomic determinants influencing levels of water consumption in the urbanized medium-sized city, using the case of Surakarta City. Data were collected by using proportional random sampling. Valid respondents are 356 households out of 400 respondents. Respondents were proportioned according to served and not served by networked water PDAM. The data are analyzed by using multiple regression. The result shows that, with 95 percent significance level, overall, age of head of household, total monthly income, housing type, the number of water source utilized by every household, total number of people in every household, and total person work in every household have simultaneously become factors determining water consumption of households in Surakarta. The socioeconomic variables are able to explain 16 percent of the whole factors determining household water consumption in Surakarta City. Even though many factors remain unexplained, this study reveals several important factors that often cause the marginalization of certain urban communities from appropriate domestic water in a rapidly growing secondary city.

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Regionalization of water environmental carrying capacity for supporting the sustainable water resources management and development in China

Cited by 150 publications

References 38 publications

Assessing soil environmental capacity on different land uses in a suburban area of Chengdu, China

Assessing soil environmental capacity on different land uses in a suburban area of Chengdu, China

Performance Evaluation of Regional Water Environment Integrated Governance: Case Study from Henan Province, China

Towards sustainable communities: Socioeconomic determinants of domestic water consumption in Surakarta City, Indonesia

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