Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran
Abstract The close relationship between water and poverty has been proven in several types of research. The Water Poverty Index is an interdisciplinary approach for quantifying the socioeconomic aspects of water scarcity. The enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) is aggregated in five components: Reso...
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| description | Abstract The close relationship between water and poverty has been proven in several types of research. The Water Poverty Index is an interdisciplinary approach for quantifying the socioeconomic aspects of water scarcity. The enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) is aggregated in five components: Resources, Access, Capacity, Use, and Environment in a Pressure-State-Response framework. In this research, eWPI is computed on two scales: for four community centers and for the Beheshtabad Basin. Because this index is weightless, and undoubtedly the importance of each parameter is different, the preference of different variables is included in the calculation. The importance of the parameters is based on the opinion of experts, and for this reason, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytical Network Process (ANP) are used for weighting eWPI components in Beheshtabad Basin. According to the results, Use (U) and Capacity (C) have the lowest score among the main criteria. The average value of weightless eWPI for the watershed is 0.605 and Kiar and Farsan counties have gained less than this average. The results show the priority of the main criteria is as follows: R, A, U, E, and C, for AHP and R, E, C, A, and U for ANP. The weights obtained through ANP are more homogeneous and there is less difference between the main criteria, while in AHP, the Resources criterion (R) has gained relatively large weight compared to the other factors. The score of eWPI for AHP-weighted and ANP-weighted indices are 0.5944 and 0.626, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6efc56a30f8b4c8fb289c9af6107dbcf2023-01-01T12:24:41ZengSpringerOpenApplied Water Science2190-54872190-54952022-12-0113211410.1007/s13201-022-01856-4Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, IranRafat Zare-Bidaki0Meysam Pouyandeh1Rasool Zamani-Ahmadmahmoodi2Department of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Science, Shahrekord UniversityDepartment of Natural Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Science, Shahrekord UniversityDepartment of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Science, Shahrekord UniversityAbstract The close relationship between water and poverty has been proven in several types of research. The Water Poverty Index is an interdisciplinary approach for quantifying the socioeconomic aspects of water scarcity. The enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) is aggregated in five components: Resources, Access, Capacity, Use, and Environment in a Pressure-State-Response framework. In this research, eWPI is computed on two scales: for four community centers and for the Beheshtabad Basin. Because this index is weightless, and undoubtedly the importance of each parameter is different, the preference of different variables is included in the calculation. The importance of the parameters is based on the opinion of experts, and for this reason, Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Analytical Network Process (ANP) are used for weighting eWPI components in Beheshtabad Basin. According to the results, Use (U) and Capacity (C) have the lowest score among the main criteria. The average value of weightless eWPI for the watershed is 0.605 and Kiar and Farsan counties have gained less than this average. The results show the priority of the main criteria is as follows: R, A, U, E, and C, for AHP and R, E, C, A, and U for ANP. The weights obtained through ANP are more homogeneous and there is less difference between the main criteria, while in AHP, the Resources criterion (R) has gained relatively large weight compared to the other factors. The score of eWPI for AHP-weighted and ANP-weighted indices are 0.5944 and 0.626, respectively.https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01856-4Human Development IndexWater resources managementChaharmahal and Bakhtiari ProvinceWeighting method |
| spellingShingle | Rafat Zare-Bidaki Meysam Pouyandeh Rasool Zamani-Ahmadmahmoodi Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran Applied Water Science Human Development Index Water resources management Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Weighting method |
| title | Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran |
| title_full | Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran |
| title_fullStr | Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran |
| title_short | Applying the enhanced Water Poverty Index (eWPI) to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in Beheshtabad Basin, Iran |
| title_sort | applying the enhanced water poverty index ewpi to analyze water scarcity and income poverty relation in beheshtabad basin iran |
| topic | Human Development Index Water resources management Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Weighting method |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-022-01856-4 |
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