Assessment of Regional Water-Human Harmony Based on ANP-Entropy Model

Abstract:

Aiming at interactions between human system and water system, a new evaluation system for water-human harmony index (WHHI) was built on the base of triple criteria: Natural water cycle’s health degree (NWHD), Social water cycle’s rationality degree (SWRD) and Human-to-water fitness degree (HWFD). Analytic Network Process (ANP) and Entropy Mothed were applied to the evaluation model for Water-human harmony degree (WHHD). With relevant data of WHHI in Zhangye city, Gansu province, the state of the water-human relationship in Zhangye was assessed from each criterion angle and the result showed that water-human harmony situation as a whole was on the upswing, while the trouble of natural water cycle’s health was the biggest shortcoming in the process of harmonious development. This evaluation model can satisfy practical applications and reflect regional objective reality on water-human relationship, which has a certain guiding significance for regional water resource management.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 692)
• Pages: 121-126
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.692.121
• Online since: November 2014
• Authors: Mei Wang*, De Shan Tang, Ijaz Ahmad, Jin Xin Zhang
• Keywords: Harmony, Index System, Natural Water Cycle, Social Water Cycle

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