Analysis of the Spatial Characteristics of the Water Usage Patterns Based on ESDA-GIS: An Example of Hubei Province, China

Han Zhou (), Jiejun Huang () and Yanbin Yuan ()
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Han Zhou: Wuhan University of Technology
Jiejun Huang: Wuhan University of Technology
Yanbin Yuan: Wuhan University of Technology

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2017, vol. 31, issue 5, No 6, 1503-1516

Abstract: Abstract The spatial characteristics and the high-duty water regions of the Water Usage Patterns (WUP) are very important for the allocation and management of water resources. Taken Hubei province, China as an example, we adopted the exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) method to investigate the spatial dependence and local patterns of the WUP from 2003 to 2012. Subsequently, the spatial variation mechanisms were analyzed through the gravity center model. The results indicated that the overall spatial dependence of the agricultural WUP was detected (more significant after 2008). Moreover, the global spatial autocorrelation analysis results on the domestic WUP showed statistical significance (Moran’s I > 0.1, P

Keywords: Water usage patterns; Spatial characteristics; Exploratory spatial data analysis; Gravity center model; Hubei province (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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