Analysis on the exploitable potentiality and carrying capacity of water resources in Inner Mongolia

With the development of society and economy, more and more people have concerned increasingly about water problem, which affect people´s life and regional sustainable development. In this study, by using the model of load factors of water resources, taking population development as weigh factor, to water requirement per city in different situation as change factor, to evaluate exploitable potentiality and carrying capacity of water resources in Inner Mongolia from 2000 to 2008. The results show that water resources quantity is richer relatively and carrying capacity of water resources is larger in east area of Inner Mongolia, however overload of water resources quantity is serious in central and western area of Inner Mongolia. Carrying capacity of water resources is unbalanced among areas and spatial variation is large. Results can offer the decision basis and reference for harmonious development of water and people in Inner Mongolia.