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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2015.48.8.647

Parameteric Assessment of Water Use Vulnerability of South Korea using SWAT model and TOPSIS  

Won, Kwyang Jai (Department of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
Sung, Jang Hyun (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Geum River Flood Control Office)
Chung, Eun-Sung (Department of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.48, no.8, 2015 , pp. 647-657 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study assessed the water use vulnerability for 12 basins of South Korea. The annual runoff of 12 basins are derived using a Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and the calculated runoff per unit area and population are compared with each basin. The 18 indicators are selected in order to assess the vulnerability. Those are classified by aspects of demand, loss and supply of water use. Their weighting values used Entropy method to determine objective weights. To quantitatively assess the water use vulnerability, the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) based on multi-criteria decision making are applied. The results show that the water availability vulnerability of Hyeongsan River has the highest value followed by Sapgyo River; Dongjin River; Seomjin River; Anseong River; Mangyung River; Nakdong River; Tamjin River; Youngsan River, Geum River; Taehwa River; and Han River. The result of this study has a capability to provide references for the index deveopment of climate change vulnerability assessment.
Keywords
Water use vulnerability; SWAT; TOPSIS; Entropy;
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