A novel method for quantifying the harmonious balance of human-water relationship

IF 10.5 1区工程技术 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable Cities and Society Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2024.106082

Qiting Zuo , Qingsong Wu , Zhizhuo Zhang , Junxia Ma , Jiaoyang Wang , Chenguang Zhao

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This study proposed a set of methods for quantifying the harmonious balance of human-water relationship (HWRHB), facilitating a comprehensive understanding and evaluation of the human-water relationship (HWR). Firstly, a theoretical analysis of the HWR was conducted to clarify the HWRHB. Secondly, universal quantification methods for the HWRHB were developed for state assessment, evolution analysis, and driver identification. Thirdly, multi-index comprehensive evaluation was combined to describe the human-water system and achieve the assessment of the HWRHB. Finally, the proposed method was applied to the 18 cities in Henan Province, China. Results show that the direction of the HWRHB in Henan is hysteresis of the water system, with the state showing moderate imbalance or better, and the human-water system in or above a state of proximity disharmony, indicating that competition in the HWR is manageable. The water system generally played a positive role in improving the HWRHB composite state, while the water resource endowment remains the dominant factor due to its high variability. The methods effectively depict and quantify the HWR, demonstrating strong scientific validity and promise. Findings provide theoretical and methodological support for future HWR studies, aid in regulating the HWR in Henan, and promote regional sustainable development.

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Sustainable Cities and Society Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

22.00

自引率

13.70%

发文量

810

审稿时长

27 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal that focuses on fundamental and applied research to promote environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. The journal welcomes cross-cutting, multi-disciplinary research in various areas, including: 1. Smart cities and resilient environments; 2. Alternative/clean energy sources, energy distribution, distributed energy generation, and energy demand reduction/management; 3. Monitoring and improving air quality in built environment and cities (e.g., healthy built environment and air quality management); 4. Energy efficient, low/zero carbon, and green buildings/communities; 5. Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban environments; 6. Green infrastructure and BMPs; 7. Environmental Footprint accounting and management; 8. Urban agriculture and forestry; 9. ICT, smart grid and intelligent infrastructure; 10. Urban design/planning, regulations, legislation, certification, economics, and policy; 11. Social aspects, impacts and resiliency of cities; 12. Behavior monitoring, analysis and change within urban communities; 13. Health monitoring and improvement; 14. Nexus issues related to sustainable cities and societies; 15. Smart city governance; 16. Decision Support Systems for trade-off and uncertainty analysis for improved management of cities and society; 17. Big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence applications and case studies; 18. Critical infrastructure protection, including security, privacy, forensics, and reliability issues of cyber-physical systems. 19. Water footprint reduction and urban water distribution, harvesting, treatment, reuse and management; 20. Waste reduction and recycling; 21. Wastewater collection, treatment and recycling; 22. Smart, clean and healthy transportation systems and infrastructure;