Abstract
Performance evaluation and influence factors analysis are vital to the sustainable water resources management (SWRM) in irrigation areas. Based on the objectives and the implementation framework of modern integrated water resources management (IWRM), this research systematically developed an index system of the performances and their influence factors ones of the SWRM in irrigation areas. Using the method of multivariate regression combined with correlation analysis, this study estimated quantitatively the effect of multiple factors on the water resources management performances of irrigation areas in the Ganzhou District of Zhangye, Gansu, China. The results are presented below. The overall performance is mainly affected by management enabling environment and management institution with the regression coefficients of 0.0117 and 0.0235, respectively. The performance of ecological sustainability is mainly influenced by local economic development level and enable environment with the regression coefficients of 0.08642 and −0.0118, respectively. The performance of water use equity is mainly influenced by information publicity, administrators’ education level and ordinary water users’ participation level with the correlation coefficients of 0.637, 0.553 and 0.433, respectively. The performance of water use economic efficiency is mainly influenced by the management institutions and instruments with the regression coefficients of −0.07844 and 0.01808, respectively. In order to improve the overall performance of SWRM in irrigation areas, it is necessary to strengthen the public participation, improve the manager’ ability and provide sufficient financial support on management organization.
Highlights
Irrigation areas are the basic regional units for the water resources management in rural areas especially
It is of great significance to strengthen the water resources management in the irrigation areas in order to achieve the sustainable utilization of limited water resources and development in China
The performance evaluation and analysis on the influencing factors of water resources management are critical to SWRM, as they can provide useful information for improving the sustainable water resources management in the irrigation areas in order to achieve the sustainable utilization of
Summary
Irrigation areas are the basic regional units for the water resources management in rural areas especially. It is of great significance to strengthen the water resources management in the irrigation areas in order to achieve the sustainable utilization of limited water resources and development in China. TThhee eexxiissttiinngg ssttuuddiieess,, hhoowweevveerr,, hhaavvee nnoott ssyysstteemmaattiiccaallllyy ddeevveellooppeedd tthhee ppeerrffoorrmmaannccee iinnddeexx ssyysstteemm aanndd iittss iinnflfluueennccee ffaaccttoorrss ooff wwaatteerr rreessoouurrcceess mmaannaaggeemmeenntt iinn iirrrriiggaattiioonn aarreeaass bbaasseedd oonn aa ppaarraaddiiggmm ooff SSWWRRMM. BBaasseedd oonn tthhee oobbjjeeccttiivveess aanndd tthhee iimmpplleemmeennttaattiioonn ffrraammeewwoorrkk ooff IIWWRRMM,, tthhiiss rreesseeaarrcchh aatttteemmppttss ttoo ssyysstteemmaattiiccaallllyy bbuuiilldd aann iinnddeexx ssyysstteemm ooff tthhee ppeerrffoorrmmaannccee aanndd oonneess ooff iittss iimmppaacctt ffaaccttoorrss ooff SSWWRRMM iinn iirrrriiggaattiioonn aarreeaass. WWee aaiimm ttoo bbuuiilldd aa sseett ooff iinnddeexx ssyysstteemmss ffoorr tthhee ccoommpprreehheennssiivvee ppeerrffoorrmmaannccee eevvaalluuaattiioonn aanndd tthhee ssyysstteemmaattiicc aannaallyyssiiss oonn tthhee iinnflfluueenncciinngg ffaaccttoorrss ooff SSWWRRMM iinn tthhee ccaassee aarreeaa.
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