Table 2 Evaluation indicators of the PWE systems.

From: Coordination analysis and evaluation of population, water resources, economy, and ecosystem coupling in the Tuha region of China

Subsystem

Subsystem weight (w)

Dimension

Indicator [code]

Unit

Property

Entropy (ej)

Redundancy factor (gj)

Indicator weight (wj)

Population [A]

0.251

Scale [A1]

Total population [A11]

people

 + 

0.914

0.086

0.033

Density of population [A12]

people/km2

 + 

0.933

0.067

0.026

Structure [A2]

Urbanization rate [A21]

%

 + 

0.838

0.162

0.063

Urban registered unemployment rate [A22]

%

 + 

0.956

0.044

0.017

Quality [A3]

Number of students per 10,000 population [A31]

people

 + 

0.874

0.126

0.049

Number of health technicians per 10,000 population [A32]

people

 + 

0.839

0.161

0.063

Water resources [B]

0.364

Endowment [B1]

Annual precipitation [B11]

mm

 + 

0.911

0.089

0.035

Total water resources [B12]

Billion m3

 + 

0.946

0.054

0.021

Production of water modulus [B13]

10,000 m3/km2

 + 

0.898

0.102

0.040

Water resources per capita [B14]

m3

0.947

0.053

0.021

Stresses [B2]

Per capita water consumption [B21]

m3

0.911

0.089

0.035

Water consumption per 10,000 GDP [B22]

m3

0.957

0.043

0.017

Sewage Discharge [B23]

10,000 m3

0.909

0.091

0.035

Area of green space [B24]

hectares

 + 

0.898

0.102

0.040

Water-resources utilization rate [B25]

%

0.937

0.063

0.024

Policy response [B3]

Total investment in environmental pollution control [B31]

10,000 CNY

 + 

0.801

0.199

0.078

Sewage treatment rate [B32]

%

 + 

0.954

0.046

0.018

Economy [C]

0.385

Scale [C1]

GDP [C11]

10,000 CNY

 + 

0.893

0.107

0.042

Local general public budget revenues [C12]

10,000 CNY

 + 

0.890

0.110

0.043

GDP per capita [C13]

CNY

 + 

0.900

0.100

0.039

Structure [C2]

Proportion of primary sector [C21]

%

0.947

0.053

0.021

Proportion of secondary sector [C22]

%

 + 

0.946

0.054

0.021

Proportion of tertiary sector [C23]

%

 + 

0.951

0.049

0.019

Abilities [C3]

GDP growth rate [C31]

%

 + 

0.941

0.059

0.023

Per capita disposable income of urban residents [C32]

CNY

 + 

0.879

0.121

0.047

Total exports and imports [C33]

10,000 USD

 + 

0.764

0.236

0.092

Average wage of employed staff [C34]

CNY

 + 

0.904

0.096

0.038

  1. GDP, Gross domestic product; CNY, Chinese Yen; USD, United Stated Dollar.