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Top1. Introduction
At present, the international environment is constantly changing; thus, economic security has become increasingly complex. There has been a significant amount of research on economic security in China and the world. Traditional economic security mainly refers to the security of national natural resources supply and resources transportation channel. With the acceleration of global economic integration, the concept of economic security has gradually changed, placing the ability to resist external economic interference at the forefront while simultaneously placing more emphasis on the stability of market operations, including improvements to the market scale and structure. With the development of the national non-traditional security theory, the theme of security research has gradually become more profound, such that the topics of environmental security, energy security, ecological security, and financial security have begun to attract increasing attention (Sun et al., 2021; Fu et al., 2021). As the material basis of economic and social development, natural resources, directly affect national economic security, are the basic source of human production and life, and are fundamentally guaranteed in the sustainable development of the national economy (Song et al., 2020; Zhao et al., 2019a; Zhao et al., 2019b). As a type of non-traditional security, economic security from the perspective of natural resource assets has received increased attention from all demographics; however, this issue still requires further research.
Water resource demand is the basic demand for human survival and economic and social development. Within the background of continuous population growth and rapid socio-economic development, water resources security problems, such as water shortages and deterioration of the water ecological environment, have become increasingly prominent and, seriously threatens the security of water resources (Ginkel et al., 2018). Water resources security is an important topic in the field of resource security, as well as an important part of national economic security. Moreover, it is an important basis for national political and economic security, social stability, ecological environment security, and food security, and has a significant impact on the sustainable development of the regional economy, resources, and environment (Xenarios et al., 2021). With the development of industrialization and urbanization, the demand for water resources in various industries is increasing, which aggravates the contradiction between economic development and water resources protection globally. Comprehensively coordinating the relationship between economic development and water resources protection while promoting the security of human society and the water resources system can not only strengthen environmental protection, but also contribute to the construction of an ecological civilization in China and the world (Ako et al., 2010). The connotation of water resources security is diverse, covering many aspects of the economy, environment, society, and ecology, where the economic security of water resources is of great significance. Reasonable evaluation and influencing factor analysis of the economic security level of water resources is conducive for water resources management departments to understand current regional economic security of water resources and the regulation changes. It helps to create development plans that reflect the actual situation, improve the utilization efficiency of water resources, optimize water resources allocation, and holistically improve the economic security level of water resources. The study of economic security of water resources is of great significance to promote the rational use of water resources, realize harmonious development between water resources and economic society, and improve the level of water resources security management.
However, at present, most existing literature focuses on the connotation of water resources security and water resources security evaluation; relatively few studies focus on the economic security of water resources. Thus, evaluating the economic security of water resources and analyzing its influencing factors is of both theoretical and practical significance. The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. Section 2 reviews the relevant literature, Section 3 introduces the research methods and data sources, Section 4 analyzes the evaluation results for the economic security of water resources, Section 5 analyzes the factors influencing the economic security of water resources, and Section 6 provides our research conclusions.