Journal
WATER
Volume 14, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w14071120
Keywords
agricultural water and land resources; gray water footprint; Gini coefficient model; matching coefficient model; equivalent coefficient model
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- Chinese Natural Science Foundation [11802057]
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Ensuring the matching status of agricultural water and land resources is crucial for grain production, and the influence of water footprint should be taken into consideration in studies. By constructing coefficient models, the matching degree of water and land resources can be assessed, providing important implications for the spatial optimal allocation of agricultural water and land resources.
The matching status of agricultural water and land resources is a prerequisite for grain production. The influence of gray water footprint has not been paid attention to in the study of agricultural water and land resources matching based on water footprint. To measure the matching status of agricultural water and land resources more comprehensively, the total water footprint (including blue, green and gray water footprint) and the cultivated land area was taken as the characterization parameters of water and land resources, respectively. The Gini coefficient model, and the agricultural water and land resources matching coefficient model were constructed to calculate the matching degree of agricultural water and land resources in a cold region (Heilongjiang Province) of China. Based on the amount of agricultural water consumption, the equivalent coefficient model was used to evaluate the degree of agricultural water and land resources shortage or to be developed. The result of agricultural water and land resources matching coefficient model showed that the matching degree of agricultural water and land resources in Heilongjiang Province is getting better year by year, which is consistent with the calculations determined from the Gini coefficient. The result of the equivalent coefficient method based on agricultural water consumption was consistent with the result of the Gini coefficient method based on total water footprint, which is verified that it is scientific and reasonable to take the total water footprint as the characterization parameter of water resource. The findings may provide implications for the spatial optimal allocation of regional agricultural water and land resources.
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