sustainability Article Mapping the Distribution of Water Resource Security in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region at the County Level under a Changing Context 1,2,3, 4, 1, 3,5, 1,6 Xiang Li y, Dongqin Yin y, Xuejun Zhang *, Barry F.W. Croke *, Danhong Guo , Jiahong Liu 1 , Anthony J. Jakeman 3 , Ruirui Zhu 3, Li Zhang 2, Xiangpeng Mu 1, Fengran Xu 1 and Qian Wang 3,7 1 State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China;
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[email protected] (B.F.W.C.) These authors contributed equally to this work. y Received: 8 October 2019; Accepted: 12 November 2019; Published: 16 November 2019 Abstract: The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) region is the most densely populated region in China and suffers from severe water resource shortage, with considerable water-related issues emerging under a changing context such as construction of water diversion projects (WDP), regional synergistic development, and climate change.