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AHP comprehensive evaluation on sustainable utilization of water resources in Hengshui City, China

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In order to investigate the sustainable utilization of water resources in Hengshui City, quantitative analysis and comprehensive evaluation on 15 indexes of Hengshui City, such as the perspectives of social and economic development condition, water resource condition, environment condition, development and utilization of water resources, were conducted by using the analytic hierarchy process(AHP) method from 2004 to 2008. Although the sustainable utilization has been growing from 2004 to 2008, the situation and environment of water resources were not optimistic because of the severe water shortage in Hengshui. In the future, improving the supply capacity is the key target for promoting sustainable utilization of water resources.

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  1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Feng Pan  (潘 峰) & Lin Zhao  (赵 林)

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Supported by the Tianjin Research Program of Application Foundation and Advanced Technology(No. 10JCZDJC24700).

Pan Feng, male, born in 1976, associate research fellow.

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Pan, F., Zhao, L. AHP comprehensive evaluation on sustainable utilization of water resources in Hengshui City, China. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 21, 178–182 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-015-2229-y

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