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Comprehensive evaluation of water resources carrying capacity and analysis of obstacle factors in Weifang City based on hierarchical cluster analysis-VIKOR method

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This study uses hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) to screen the evaluation indexes and establishes a comprehensive evaluation index system for water resources carrying capacity (WRCC), based on the VIKOR method and the obstacle degree model for the identification of the main factors affecting the WRCC of Weifang City. The results show that the WRCC of Weifang City has steadily increased from 2008 to 2018. The subsystems referred to society and water environment are currently the main obstacles affecting Weifang’s WRCC, but there is still space for improvement in the future. The areas with low WRCC was Kuiwen District in 2018, which was in a seriously overloaded state, mostly affected by the water resources subsystem. The implementation of measures such as efficiently improving the level of water resources management and the development of water conservancy projects is prominent in water resource planning in Kuiwen District. This study analyzes the current situation of water resources management in order to consider it in strategic decision-making in promoting the improvement of WRCC, which in turn may ensure the realization of a green and sustainable development strategy in the future for Weifang City.

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The authors would like to thank China Academy of Urban Planning & Design and CAUPD Beijing Planning & Design Consultants Company for assistance in editing the article. The authors also would like to express appreciation to the anonymous reviewers and editors for their very helpful comments that improved the paper. This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (No. X20066).

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This work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (No. X20066).

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  1. Beijing Climate Change Response Research and Education Center, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, 100044, China

    Haiyan Yang & Yinan Tan

  2. Ecological and Municipal Infrastructure Planning &Design Institute, CAUPD Beijing Planning & Design Consultants Company, Beijing, 100044, China

    Xiaobo Sun

  3. China Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Beijing, 100044, China

    Xiaowen Cheng, Guangqi Liu & Guangyu Zhou

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Xiaobo Sun, Xiaowen Cheng, Guangqi Liu, and Guangyu Zhou. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Haiyan Yang and Yinan Tan. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All of the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Yang, H., Tan, Y., Sun, X. et al. Comprehensive evaluation of water resources carrying capacity and analysis of obstacle factors in Weifang City based on hierarchical cluster analysis-VIKOR method. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 50388–50404 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14236-3

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