Study on the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Water-Use Efficiency and Economic Development

Wen-jie, XU; Zhang, Xiaoping; Xu, Qian; Gong, Hui-Ling; Li, Qing X.; Liu, Bo; Zhang, Jingwei

doi:10.3390/su12031246

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“…Water resource management is of considerable importance in achieving sustainable human development, as water use takes many forms, including food production, health conditions, the security of domestic water supply and basic sanitation [64,65].…”

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Integrating Environmental, Geographical and Social Data to Assess Sustainability in Hydrographic Basins: The ESI Approach

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The elaboration of environmental sustainability indexes (ESI) aims to describe the complexity between social, environmental and ecological health. These indexes play a crucial role by helping stakeholders during the decision-making process and by identifying possible sites that require practical sustainable actions. In this study, we aim to elaborate an ESI for hydrographic basins. We use three factors to build the index: land use; vulnerability to soil degradation and topographic land attributes; and human development. The human development factor includes the dimensions of education, sanitation, longevity and income. These three factors are recommended by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and reflect the pressure–state–impact assessment model. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed ESI, we applied it in a hydrographic basin located in southern Brazil. The sustainability level variation in the basin was classified into five groups: very low (0%), low (17%), intermediate (72%), high (11%) and very high (0%). The predominance of the intermediate sustainability level was found to mainly owe to the extent of agricultural land and the high degree of susceptibility to soil erosion in areas with low environmental conservation. In areas with native vegetation, environmental sustainability was found to be higher than in areas with other land use types. The resulting ESI will help facilitate future studies in environmental, economic or social dimensions in any hydrographic basin.

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“…Therefore, the sum of weights of each subsystem is 1, and the values of each benefit range from 0 to 1. Then, the weighted summation method (Xu et al, 2020) is used to calculate the values of economic, social, ecological, and comprehensive benefits.…”

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Coupling Coordination Analysis of Natural Resource Utilization Benefits in Beijing From 1978 to 2018

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Zhao²,

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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With the acceleration of economic and social development, the demand for natural resources has increased. To realize the sustainable utilization of natural resources (SUNRs), it is necessary to seek ways to improve natural resource utilization benefits (NRUBs) and promote the coordinated development of economic, social, and ecological benefits. This study explores the coupling coordination relationships of NRUBs in Beijing from 1978 to 2018 and analyzes the influencing factors. We first establish a comprehensive evaluation index system covering economic, social, and ecological benefits to quantify NRUBs. Then, a coupling coordination degree (CCD) model is applied to reveal the evolution characteristics of the coupling coordination relationships among the NRUB system. Finally, the main factors affecting the coordinated development of NRUBs are identified through gray relational analysis (GRA). Three main results are found: 1) from 1978 to 2018, the economic, social, ecological, and comprehensive benefits all have been significantly improved, although with some fluctuations. 2) The coupling coordination relationships of NRUBs show upward trends during the study period, and their coordination types transform from imbalance to coordination. 3) Urbanization, industrial structure, technology innovation, economic development, and environmental awareness all have significant impacts on the coupling coordination relationships of NRUBs. Measures such as transformation of the economic development mode, improvement of public facilities, construction of spiritual culture, ecological protection, and technological innovation need to be recognized to achieve coordinated development. This study can provide a reference for other comprehensive evaluations of natural resources and the formulation of natural resource utilization policies.

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“…In 2018, the utilization rate of water resources in the Yellow River basin reached 75 percent, far exceeding the internationally recognized warning line of 40 percent (Wang, 2014). Human activities and climate change in the Yellow River basin water resources continue to reduce (Xu et al, 2020), coupled with the extensive economic growth mode caused by the unreasonable demand, causing problems such as water resources allocation is not reasonable if it continues to maintain a high water resources exploitation and utilization, over-exploitation of groundwater, can lead to ground subsidence threat to society and people's safety. This will not only aggravate the pollution of the ecological environment but also affect the high-quality development level of the Yellow River basin.…”

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Coupling driving factors of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the yellow river basin

Xin

Liu

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Most cities in the Yellow River Basin are located in the central and western regions of China. Restricted by historical evolution, natural environment, resource endowments and other conditions, the economic and social development model of the Yellow River Basin region is outdated, and the level of economic and social development is relatively lagging, which hinders its coordinated development of ecology and economy. This paper uses the coupling coordination degree model, GIS spatial analysis method, NAR neural network model, spatial autoregression, and geographically weighted regression model to investigate the coupling coordination level, spatial differentiation characteristics, future development trend, and coupling driving factors of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin. The results show that From 2003 to 2018, the level of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in most areas of the Yellow River Basin gradually improved, presenting a spatial imbalance characteristic of “high in the east and low in the west. The coupling coordination degree of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in various regions of the Yellow River Basin increased year by year during the survey period. In 2018, most cities had been transformed into intermediate coordinated development areas, and most cities in Inner Mongolia and the middle and lower reaches south of the Yellow River have been upgraded to a well-coordinated development stage. The coupled and coordinated development relationship between eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin has significant spatial agglomeration characteristics, and the local spatial positive correlation gradually increases. From 2019 to 2023, the average level of coupling coordination between eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin during the forecast period is 0.802, 0.807, 0.809, 0.813, and 0.816, respectively, all of which have entered a stage of well-coordinated development. The coupled driving factors of ecological protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin are ranked from strong to weak: energy utilization, urbanization, water resources development, and industrialization. Among them, the degree of energy utilization is the root of the differentiation of coupling coordination between eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in 74 regions of the Yellow River Basin. This study puts forward two strategic suggestions based on the optimal utilization strategy of energy and water resources and the coordinated promotion strategy of industrialization and urbanization, which has great practical and scientific significance for promoting the coordinated development of ecological environment protection and high-quality development in the Yellow River Basin.

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Study on the Coupling Coordination Relationship between Water-Use Efficiency and Economic Development

Cited by 23 publications

References 12 publications

Integrating Environmental, Geographical and Social Data to Assess Sustainability in Hydrographic Basins: The ESI Approach

Integrating Environmental, Geographical and Social Data to Assess Sustainability in Hydrographic Basins: The ESI Approach

Coupling Coordination Analysis of Natural Resource Utilization Benefits in Beijing From 1978 to 2018

Coupling driving factors of eco-environmental protection and high-quality development in the yellow river basin

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