Abstract

There is a necessity to assess water resources sustainability for its development and management. However, achievements in water resources and sustainability assessment and specific assessment indicators are limited in current research. A comprehensive index system and the importance priorities of indicators are provided in this study. The group AHP-PCA (group analytic hierarchy process and principal component analysis) method is proposed to calculate the importance priorities and reduce the dispersion existing in traditional group AHP. A case study is conducted to assess the water resource sustainability of four provinces where the Jinsha River flows and the results are consistent with the experience and knowledge of water resources management and actual situations of these provinces. Further work is still needed for more applications.

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Title
Water Resources and Sustainability Assessment Based on Group AHP-PCA Method: A Case Study in the Jinsha River Basin
Author
Jian-Lan, Zhou 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Qin-Qin, Xu 2 ; Xian-Yong, Zhang 3 

1  Key Lab Image Process & Intelligent Control, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China 
2  School of Automation, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China 
3  School of Civil Engineering & Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China 
First page
1880
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734441
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121880
ProQuest document ID
2582929982
Copyright
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