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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2014.47.2.183

Assessment of Water Resources Vulnerability Index by Nation  

Won, Kwyang Jae (Department of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Chung, Eun Sung (Department of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Yeon Joo (Korea Environment Institute)
Hong, Il Pyo (Global Green Growth Institute)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.47, no.2, 2014 , pp. 183-194 More about this Journal
Abstract
Discussions for water resources vulnerability and index development with sustainable concept are actively being made in recent years. Based on such index, water resources vulnerability of present and future is determined and diagnosed. This study calculated the water resources vulnerability rankings by 152 nations, using indicator related to water resources assessment that can be obtained from World Bank, VRI (Vulnerability Resilience Indicator), ESI (Environmental Sustainability Index). In order to quantitatively assess of water resources vulnerability based on this indicator, TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution) technique was applied to index water vulnerability and to determine the rankings by nations. As a results, South Korea was ranked as the 88th among the 152 nations including Korea. Among the continents, Oceania was the least vulnerable and Afirica was the most vulnerable in continents. WUnited State, Japan, Korea and China were vulnerable in order among the major countries. Therefore, water resources vulnerability rankings by nations in this study helps us to better understand the situation of South Korea and provide the data for water resources planning and measure.
Keywords
Water vulnerability index; TOPSIS; World Bank; VRI; ESI;
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