Impacts of Water Consumption Structure Adjustment on Social-Economic Development and Water Cycle

Abstract:

Water consumption structure adjustment is considered to be effective to alleviate regional water crisis for sustainable socio-economic development and rational water resources utilization. The paper studies mechanism of interactions between socio-economic system and water resources system by coupling of economic model CGE, water allocation model ROWAS and distributed water cycle model WEP to discover the impacts of water consumption structure adjustment on regional socio-economic development and water cycle in the Weihe River basin of China. The results indicate that water consumption structure adjustment transferring water consumption from agriculture to industry and services would distinctly promote economic growth and resident welfare with surface water flow increasing and groundwater level declining. As a result, water supply structure adjustment and integrated regulation of surface water and groundwater would be essential for regional harmonious development.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 962-965)
• Pages: 2051-2054
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.962-965.2051
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Chun Feng Hao*, Yang Wen Jia, Cun Wen Niu, Cheng Zhu
• Keywords: CGE, ROWAS, Water Consumption Structure Adjustment, Water Cycle, WEP

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