Analysis of the spatiotemporal patterns and decoupling effects of China's water resource spatial equilibrium

Dehui Bian; Xiaohua Yang; Yu Lu; Hui Chen; Boyang Sun; Feifei Wu; Yajing Chen; Weiqi Xiang

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114719

Analysis of the spatiotemporal patterns and decoupling effects of China's water resource spatial equilibrium

Environ Res. 2023 Jan 1;216(Pt 3):114719. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114719. Epub 2022 Nov 7.

Authors

Dehui Bian¹, Xiaohua Yang², Yu Lu³, Hui Chen⁴, Boyang Sun⁵, Feifei Wu⁶, Yajing Chen⁷, Weiqi Xiang⁸

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: 201931180020@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: xiaohuayang@bnu.edu.cn.
³ State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: 202121180048@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: 202121180081@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
⁵ Development Research Center of the Ministry of Water Resources of PR China, Beijing, 100038, PR China. Electronic address: sunboyang@waterinfo.com.cn.
⁶ China Institute of Radiation Protection, Taiyuan, 030006, PR China. Electronic address: wff_bnu@163.com.
⁷ State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: 202021180001@mail.bnu.edu.cn.
⁸ State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China. Electronic address: 202131180029@mail.bnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 36356666
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114719

Abstract

The significance of water resource spatial equilibrium (WRSE) research is to maximally remove the spatial restrictions of water on regional development, including social development, economic development and eco-environmental maintenance. Although great achievements have been made, national-scale WRSE research is rare; besides, the spatiotemporal patterns and decoupling effects of WRSE have been poorly studied in current research. Thus, the aim of this research is to measure the WRSE in China for the period 2008-2019 by using an improved coupling coordination model and to empirically analyse its distribution dynamics and decoupling effects. The results show that the WRSE status of China's 31 provincial administrative regions from 2008 to 2019 is at a moderate level. Based on the spatiotemporal patterns and decoupling effects analysis, areas in urgent need of improving WRSE status are identified, and tailored countermeasures are provided for each area. To our knowledge, this paper is the first nationwide study of the spatiotemporal patterns and decoupling effects of WRSE.

Keywords: Coupling coordination analysis; Decoupling effect analysis; Spatiotemporal pattern; Water resource spatial equilibrium; Water-social-economic-eco-environmental complex system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

China
Economic Development*
Water Resources*