Multi-Driver-Analysis-Based Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Water Resource Management in an Ecologically Vulnerable Arid Region
Pingping Luo·Chongyu Xu·Jiachao Chen·Wenchao Ma·Madhab Rijal·Zhihui Yang·Chengguang Lai·Ahmed Elbeltagi·Wanwu Yuan
Climate change and population growth are intensifying water scarcity in arid regions, yet previous analyses focusing on a single driver may not fully capture the compounded effects of climatic and anthropogenic factors. This study integrates water-balance analysis, trend analysis, and correlation-based statistical analysis to examine the combined effects of hydroclimatic anomalies and socioeconomic activities on water resource dynamics in ecologically vulnerable Northwest China. Our results show