Abstract
Water ecological civilization (WEC) is a key component and basic guarantee of ecological civilization. This paper sets up an evaluation index system (EIS) for WEC development (WECD) level, which covers such three dimensions as social economic development, control over total water resources and water utilization efficiency, and synthetic environmental governance and adopts set pair analysis (SPA) to measure and analyze the WECD level in Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2010 to 2019. The results show that (1) the score of each subsystem in YREB WECD grew continuously in the sample period and poised to increase in future, (2) in general, YREB WECD level steadily increased to a relatively high level, and (3) the good development trend of YREB WECD is inseparable from the fact that YREB stepped up its efforts in capital investment, water utilization, and water environment protection and recovery. Finally, pertinent measures were put forward to further improve the YREB WECD level.
Highlights
Water is the source of life, the crux of production, and the foundation of ecology. erefore, it is of great significance to protect water resources and maintain a good water ecological environment
Most foreign scholars engaging in WEC tackle the sustainable utilization of water resources, basin management for ecological protection, water environment safety and management, etc. erefore, it is worthwhile to learn from foreign research of water resources management, water environment protection, and water eco-environment restoration and management
Due to the various factors involved in water ecology, many different evaluation systems have been established from diverse angles, namely, fish index of biotic integrity [1], biotic integrity index [2], rapid bioassessment protocols (RBPs) [3], and index of stream condition (ISC) [4]
Summary
Development Level Evaluation of Water Ecological Civilization in Yangtze River Economic Belt. Is paper sets up an evaluation index system (EIS) for WEC development (WECD) level, which covers such three dimensions as social economic development, control over total water resources and water utilization efficiency, and synthetic environmental governance and adopts set pair analysis (SPA) to measure and analyze the WECD level in Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) from 2010 to 2019. E results show that (1) the score of each subsystem in YREB WECD grew continuously in the sample period and poised to increase in future, (2) in general, YREB WECD level steadily increased to a relatively high level, and (3) the good development trend of YREB WECD is inseparable from the fact that YREB stepped up its efforts in capital investment, water utilization, and water environment protection and recovery. Pertinent measures were put forward to further improve the YREB WECD level
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