Notice of RetractionStudy on Water Resources Security Evaluation - Case of Quanzhou City in Fujian Province

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The improved analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was applied in this work for establishing indicator system and water resources security assessment. Nine indicators were chosen and the critical values of them were determined. According to the results, the regions with secure water resources were Dehua County, Yongchun County, Anxi County. And the regions with basically secure water resources were Nanan City, Luojiang Borough, Quangang Borough. And the regions ranked into the categorization of insecure water resources were Huian County, Licheng and Fengze Borough. Jinjiang City and Shishi City were the regions ranked into the categorization of severely insecure water resources. From the year 2000-2004, the water resources security value had a downtrend. From 2004-2006, the situation had a improvement, and after that, the value began to decline again. If the 2015 and 2020 are dry or extraordinary dry year, Quanzhou City would be confronted by great water stress. The factors drove the different water resources security levels for different regions were analyzed. Some measures and accesses to achieve the sustainable water resources utilization and improve the water resources security were given and proposed.