Water-Urban Harmony Index System: A New Evaluation Model of Urban Water Resources Management

Abstract:

Water is the essential element of people's lives, with the rapid growth of population, has become increasingly tense relationship between human and water. In this paper, on the basis of summarizing the existing methods, the application of Chinese traditional harmonious thought, proposes a new model (WUHIS) of assessment of urban human-water relationship, and through the establishment of complete index system to quantify the abstraction of human-water relationship and evaluation. Through three dimensions, the new model from three aspects of the human-water system to conduct a comprehensive evaluation, evaluation of urban river health degree (URHD), evaluation of urban development level (UHDD), and assess human-water coordination degree (HRCD). With relevant data of WUHIS in Xianyang city, Shanxi province, the state of the human-water relationship in Xianyang was assessed from each criterion angle and the result showed that water-urban harmony situation as a whole was on the upswing, but observation of each dimension score respectively, has obvious fluctuation. Through this model, we can clearly know the pros and cons of Xianyang city water resources management, for the Xianyang water resources planning provides a clear direction for the future. This model can be applied in all cities, as long as to modify specific indicators.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1065-1069)
• Pages: 2909-2914
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1065-1069.2909
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Jin Xin Zhang*, De Shan Tang, Mei Wang
• Keywords: Harmony, HRCD, Index System, UHDD, URHD, WUHIS, Xianyang City

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