prioritization of the economic sectors of isfahan province from the perspective of the importance of water resources and considering the three goals of social, environmental and economic sustainable development

The purpose of this research, study seeks to prioritize the activities of isfahan province with sustainable criteria and by emphasizing the importance and limitation of water resources. for this purpose, first, the national input-output table of 2016 published by the central bank of iran and the sflq method is used to prepare an input-output table for isfahan province. then, the economic sectors of the province are prioritized with the topsis method and six criteria including water consumption, energy consumption, pollution, job creation, inter-sector linkages, and value added. the results of the study show the importance of water consumption as a criterion. prioritization with and without this criterion taken into account yields significantly different results. for example, in the prioritization of the sectors according to the water intensity criterion, the agriculture sector was in the twentieth place, while this rank was the second in the prioritization without considering that criterion. also, in the sector of manufacture of leather apparel, this criterion was downgraded from the ninth to the thirteenth rank considering the water intensity criterion. similarly, the sectors of manufacture of textiles and manufacture of rubber and plastic products were ranked 7th and 9th, respectively, while the ranks of these sectors without considering the water intensity criterion were fifteen and twelve.