Author(s)

Hang Yuan, Qianqian Xiao and Xiaoke Zhao

Corresponding Author

Xiaoke Zhao

Abstract

Promoting water environment management and sustainable development in Wuhan, and profoundly grasping the relationship between its industrialization, urbanization development level and water environment carrying capacity, are of great significance improving Wuhan's water environment carrying capacity and coordinating industrialization and urbanization. This paper selects the data of water-environment-related indicators of Wuhan City from 2011 to 2017, constructs the water environment carrying capacity evaluation index system from the aspects of water resources and water environment, water pollution control and socio-economic bearing, and calculates the comprehensive value of water environment carrying capacity. Using correlation analysis, we conducted a quantitative study of the relationship between industrialization, urbanization and Wuhan's water environment carrying capacity. Results showed that the level of industrialization and urbanization has an important impact on the water environment carrying capacity of Wuhan. In particular, it is more closely related to the development of urbanization than industrialization. The intensity of population urbanization and the per capita urban area are the two most relevant. The comprehensive energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of output value, which is also one of the industrial indicators, has relatively minimal impact. Upgrading of Wuhan's industrial structure should be actively promoted, new industrialization and urbanization roads should be taken, and urban development model should be optimized to achieve sustainable development.

Keywords

Industrialization, Urbanization, Carrying Capacity