Sustainable Development Evaluation and Its Obstacle Factors of the Weihe River Basin in Shaanxi Province, China

The contradiction between economic growth, social development, and water environment deterioration represent significant challenges for river basin sustainable development. By constructing an indicator system of the entropy method is adopted to conduct a quantitative evaluation cities development level Weihe River Basin in Shaanxi Province from 2009 2018, standard deviational ellipse used analyze evolution spatial distribution pattern study area. Furthermore, obstacle degree model applied main factors restricting improvement results show that improved slowly during period regional differences among cities. This provides novel approach future on even arid region Northwest China, achieve win-win situation ecological protection.