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Science of The Total Environment: Xiong Ni, Yanqing Wu, Jun Wu, Jian Lu, P. Chris Wilson
Science of The Total Environment: Xiong Ni, Yanqing Wu, Jun Wu, Jian Lu, P. Chris Wilson
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Article history: With the socioeconomic and urban development of Chongming Island (the largest alluvial island in the
Received 22 July 2012 world), water demand is rapidly growing. To make adjustments to the water utilization structure of each in-
Received in revised form 13 September 2012 dustry, allocate limited water resources, and increase local water use efciency, this study performed a sce-
Accepted 14 September 2012
nario analysis for the water sustainability of Chongming Island. Four different scenarios were performed to
Available online 11 October 2012
assess the water resource availability by 2020. The growth rate for water demand will be much higher
Keywords:
than that of water supply under a serious situation prediction. The water supply growth volume will be
Multi-objective 2.22 108 m3 from 2010 to 2020 under Scenario I and Scenario II while the corresponding water demand
Water resources carrying capacity growth volume will be 2.74 10 8 m 3 and 2.64 10 8 m 3, respectively. There will be a rapid growth in water
Chongming Island use benet under both high and low development modes. The water use benet will be about 50 CNY/m 3
Scenario analysis under Scenarios I and II in 2020. The production structure will need to be adjusted for sustainable utilization
Sustainable development of water resources. Sewage drainage but not the forest and grass coverage rate will be a major obstacle to
future development and environmental quality. According to a multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation,
Scenario II is nally deemed to be the most desirable plan, suggesting that the policy of rapid socioeconomic
development and better environmental protection may achieve the most sustainable development of
Chongming Island in the future.
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natural environmental system. Therefore, ecosystem conservation Therefore, research on the water resources carrying capacity of
and interactions among socioeconomicenvironmental entities must Chongming Island and making adjustments to the water utilization
be integrated into one system, which reects the sustainable charac- structure of each industry are crucial to the construction of an eco-
teristics (Slocomble, 1998; Matondo, 2002). logical island, which could help the government make wise decisions
The multi-objective optimization program has been widely ap- regarding the allocation of limited water resources and increase local
plied to water resources planning because it is a reliable tool for deal- water use efciency (Kechagias and Katsifarakis, 2004). This study
ing with complicated systems (Chang et al., 1995; Wang et al., 2006; developed a modeling framework combining multi-objective analysis
Kentel and Aral, 2007; Han et al., 2008). It can incorporate various and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation to perform a scenario analysis in
system components in a single framework and efciently coordinate dealing with the complexities of conict resolution involved in local
and optimize objectives. Compared to traditional multi-objective pro- water resources planning for Chongming Island. The primary objec-
grams, the multi-objective WRCC (MWRCC) model associated with tives of the study were: (1) to investigate and analyze the present
scenario analysis can provide managers with expected results under water resources status on Chongming Island; (2) to predict the
different supplyuse scenarios, which accelerates the development water resources balance between supply and demand, as well as to
of the solution and allows efcient optimization of the nal manage- determine water resources carrying capacity under different scenari-
ment strategy. As an aid for planning, scenario development is fo- os by 2020; and (3) to provide one best scenario and make some pre-
cused on developing alternative visions of the future. It originated liminary policy recommendations to ensure the sustainable use of
in the late 1960s and early 1970s as key proponents, such as the water resources by means of optimized allocation.
Stanford Research Institute, Hudson Institute, and RAND Corpora-
tion, undertook a number of studies designed to encourage
systemsanalytical, multi-faceted, and holistic thinking about the 2. Study area
future (Thomas, 1994). Scenario analysis is highly applicable to
mid- and longrange (10 years or more) future studies where Chongming Island is located in the lower Yangtze Estuary, which is
there are considerable levels of both predictability and uncertainty. between 1210912154E and 31273151N (Fig. 1). Its current
This powerful tool has been proven for imagining possible future sit- area is 1200 km2. It is still increasing in size by about 500 ha annually
uations in which decisions may be played out, and for asking what through the deposition of sediments by the Yangtze River. It supported
if questions to explore the consequences of uncertainty (Koch et al., a population of about 635,000 people in 2005. At present, Chongming
2005; Peter and Lorne, 2007). For example, a systematic scenario has two water sources. One is the Nanheng River on Chongming Island;
process in the context of local sustainability planning was outlined the other is the Yangtze River. The annual water resources volumes are
in Ireland (Kelly et al., 2004). At a regional level, scenario analysis 35.37 10 8 m 3, 33.60 10 8 m 3, 32.15 108 m 3, and 31.05 108 m 3 at
was performed in planning for sustainability in the Willamette given guaranteed efciencies of 20, 50, 75, and 90%, respectively
Basin of Oregon (Baker et al., 2002). At the global scale, scenarios (Chongming Water Resource Bureau, 2006). Among them, the water re-
were central elements of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment sources volumes from the Yangtze River are 31.92 10 8 m 3,
(MEA) for exploring changes in ecosystem services and their inu- 30.15 10 8 m 3, 28.70 108 m 3, and 27.60 10 8 m 3, respectively
ences on human well-being (Carpenter et al., 2006). (Chongming Water Resource Bureau, 2006). The water quality is classi-
Chongming Island, the largest alluvial island in the world, has be- ed as category IV (a water body with quality IV refers to general indus-
come a key ecological protection area in need of a sustainable devel- trial water zones and water recreation areas where no direct contact
opment strategy in China (Yuan et al., 2003). At present, the with humans occurs) according to the Chinese government standard
ecological island project for Chongming Island has been an impor- for water quality issued in 2002 (GB3838-2002). According to water re-
tant part of the ecological economy and sustainable development in sources plan for Chongming Island, four new water supply plants will
China (Yuan et al., 2003). With the socioeconomic and urban devel- have been completed by 2010, which will increase the water supply
opment of Chongming Island, water demand is growing rapidly. volume by about 1.31 108 m3 annually.
Scenarios B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2
In order to perform a rational scenario analysis using the WRCC
Available water supply 9.58 6.99 10.55 7.39 11.80 7.89
model, various raw data involving many aspects, such as society, econo-
(108 m3)
my, ecology, environment, and water resources were obtained from the Water use volume of unit 355 365 210 215 117 123
Local Ofcial Agency (Chongming Environmental Protection Bureau, GDP (m3/104 CNY)
2007; Chongming Island County Government, 2005; Chongming Industrial water use quota 47 49 41 44 36 40
Statistics Bureau, 2006; Chongming Water Resource Bureau, 2006, (m3/104CNY)
Agricultural irrigation quota 26.8 28.3 24.6 25.9 22.7 23.8
2007; Shanghai Statistics Bureau, 2005; Shanghai Water Resource (m3/ha)
Bureau, 2005, 2006). To obtain more useful data, several eld surveys Domestic water quota in 192 200 241 247 260 280
were also made since 2005. For a few data sets with patchy, incomplete, town (l/day-person)
or decient data, extensive investigation or interpolation data were used Domestic water quota in 138 156 167 179 200 220
rural district
to make the data sets complete.
(l/day-person)
Comprehensive domestic 159 168 203 229 235 254
water quota (l/day-person)
3.2. Scenario design and combination
Table 1
Scenario values of the economy growth rate of Chongming Island.
Table 3
Year 2010 2015 2020 Environment and agriculture scenarios of Chongming Island.
Scenarios A1 A2 A1 A2 A1 A2
Year 2010 2015 2020
Primary industry (%) 6.31 5.40 5.10 4.60 4.38 4.16
Scenarios C1 C2 C1 C2 C1 C2
Secondary industry (%) 21.00 18.25 17.12 15.67 14.68 13.56
Service industry (%) 14.25 12.30 11.61 10.56 9.96 9.54 Forest and grass area (104 ha) 2.49 2.78 3.03 3.56 3.72 4.57
Total growth (%) 16.16 14.03 13.17 12.04 10.30 9.80 Irrigation area (104 ha) 4.93 4.48 5.27 4.42 5.64 4.33
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Table 4 Table 5
Water supply and demand in planning year in Chongming Island. Water demand structure in planning year in Chongming Island.
Year Scenario Water supply (108 m3) Water demand (108 m3) Year Scenario Water demand structure
2005 5.31 5.16 Agriculture (%) Industry (%) Service industry (%)
2010 Scenario I 9.58 7.35
2010 Scenario I 87.6 3.0 9.4
Scenario II 9.58 7.22
Scenario II 84.3 4.1 11.6
Scenario III 6.99 6.12
Scenario III 83.6 4.5 11.9
Scenario IV 6.99 5.94
Scenario IV 83.1 4.6 12.3
2015 Scenario I 10.55 8.65
2015 Scenario I 82.7 4.7 12.6
Scenario II 10.55 8.40
Scenario II 81.1 5.3 13.6
Scenario III 7.39 6.81
Scenario III 80.2 5.6 14.2
Scenario IV 7.39 6.73
Scenario IV 79.3 5.8 14.9
2020 Scenario I 11.80 10.09
2020 Scenario I 79.0 5.9 15.1
Scenario II 11.80 9.86
Scenario II 78.4 6.4 15.2
Scenario III 7.89 7.62
Scenario III 77.5 7.0 15.5
Scenario IV 7.89 7.47
Scenario IV 76.4 7.5 16.1
in water use benet under both high and low development modes. The
water use benet will be about 50 CNY/m 3 under Scenarios I and II in matter what the economy development speeds and water resources
2020. It must be pointed out that a high development mode could not exploitation levels are. With high economy development speeds and
bring the highest water use benet. By 2020, the maximum value will water resources exploitation levels, the sewage drainage volume will
be 63.8 CNY/m 3, which will be observed under Scenario IV and will be become larger. At present, there is no sewage plant on the island, so
three times greater than in 2005. most domestic sewage is discharged directly to the natural ecosystem.
Scenarios III and IV realized higher water use benets than Scenarios I For sustainable development, the establishment of a sewage plant is
and II due to the lower agricultural water use (Table 5). Agriculture con- in urgent need. Moreover, wastewater reuse should be encouraged to
sumed most of the water on Chongming Island. More than 75% of the release the high pressure of the water supply caused by the rapid socio-
water was used for agricultural use. Although it displays a descending economic development and urbanization.
trend, water use will increase up to 76.479.0% by 2020 because of in-
creasing water use in the livestock and sheries industries. Population ex-
4.4. Green land area
pansion, as well as the improvement of living standards on Chongming
Island, accounted for the increased living water use. Additionally,
The forest and grass coverage rate in 2005 (16.8%) was very low
tourism's development will also increase the water use. These factors all
(Fig. 4), which was not suitable for water resource protection. The result
result in increasing the proportion of service industry's water demand. If
showed that the forest and grass coverage rate will approach or exceed
agricultural water use is reduced continually, it will be easy to enhance
the China national ecology park standard (40%) by 2020 under all of the
water use benets in the future. This suggestion could be easily accepted
scenarios. The ecology and environmental protection level will have a
since agriculture is not important in this area. For this reason, the distribu-
bigger impact on the forest and grass coverage than the economy devel-
tion of water resources needs adjusting as soon as possible for the sustain-
opment speed and water resources exploitation level (Fig. 4). High
able use of water resources sustainable utilization.
economy development speed and water resources exploitation level
will cause a relatively low forest and grass coverage rate. For this reason,
4.3. Sewage discharge the forest and grass coverage will not be a main problem for the sustain-
able development in the near future.
In 2005, the sewage drainage volume was 0.027 billion tons. By
2020, the value will be 0.168, 0.174, 0.134 and 0.135 billion tons
under these four scenarios, which is nearly 56 times more than that 4.5. Multi-objective WRCC fuzzy comprehensive evaluation
of 2005 (Fig. 3). The sewage drainage will reach at a large volume no
Based on the establishment of the water resources carrying capacity
evaluation index system, a multi-level fuzzy comprehensive evaluation
Fig. 2. Water use benet in different planning years for Chongming Island. Fig. 3. Sewage discharge from Chongming Island during the planning years evaluated.
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