The Performance of the Construction of a Water Ecological Civilization City: International Assessment and Comparison

作者：Qimeng Yue, Kate V. Heal, Jingshan Yu, Qianyang Wang, Yuexin Zheng, Zhanliang Zhu, Yuan Liu, Shugao Xu, Xiaolei Yao · 发表于：Sustainability · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3390/su15043071 · 被引用次数：4 · 研究领域：Urban Stormwater Management Solutions、Noise Effects and Management、Urban Green Space and Health

The water ecological environment problems brought about by rapid urbanization have prompted the proposal and implementation of different approaches to urban water ecological construction, such as eco-cities, best management practices (BMPs), and low-impact development (LID). As one of the most representative urban water ecological management policies in China, the Water Ecological Civilization City (WECC) was proposed in 2013, and 105 cities were selected for pilot construction. Many studies have evaluated the effectiveness of WECC construction, but international quantitative comparison is lacking. To address this, an urban Water-Human-Health (WHH) Assessment Model, considering water resources, ecological environment, economic and social development level, and water resources utilization, was developed and applied to five WECC pilot cities in China and 10 other cities worldwide, in which mainstream urban water ecological construction modes have been used. Principal component analysis of the index values in the assessment system was used to evaluate the current status of water ecosystem health in the 15 cities, showing that Sydney, Cleveland, and Hamburg were the most advanced in urban water ecological management. The two cities with the best evaluation results (Sydney and Cleveland), and the WECC city with the highest score (Wuhan) were selected for documentary analysis of their water ecological construction documents to identify similarities and differences to inform best pr...