Assessment of water resources carrying capacity in Henan Province
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Abstract:
The principal component analy sis w as used to ev aluate the car ry ing capacity of water resources in H enan Prov ince quantitativ ely w ith ten selected index es. The results show ed that the ma in factor s affecting the carr ying capacity of wat er re2 sour ces in H enan Pr ov ince ar e population and eco nomy, ur ban dev elo pment, and w ater resources utilizatio n. In par ticular , GDP, fix ed asset values, and the total po pulat ion hav e the gr eatest im pacts o n the car ry ing capacity of wat er resources. Mo reov er, Jiyuan Cit y, Sanmenx ia City, H ebi City, Zhumadian City , and Luohe City have stro ng er carr ying capacity of w ater resour ces, whereas Zheng zho u Cit y, Luoy ang City, Xinx iang Cit y, and Xuchang City suffer gr eater pressur e on water resources.