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Water Supply and Water Scarcity [PDF]
Water, 2020 This paper provides an overview of the Special Issue on water supply and water scarcity. The papers selected for publication include review papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on ...
V. A. Tzanakakis +2 more
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Solar stills: A review for water scarcity solutions. [PDF]
HeliyonSolar stills represent a crucial technology in the quest to provide clean and accessible water, particularly in regions facing water scarcity and limited energy resources.
Kumar S +9 more
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Solutions to agricultural green water scarcity under climate change. [PDF]
PNAS Nexus, 2023 Rain-fed agricultural systems, which solely depend on green water (i.e. soil moisture from rainfall), sustain ∼60% of global food production and are particularly vulnerable to vagaries in temperature and precipitation patterns, which are intensifying due
He L, Rosa L.
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Sustainability, 2023 Saudi Arabia (SA) faces a water shortage, and it further challenges sustainable agriculture, industrial development and the well-being of people. SA uses more than 80% of its water resources for agricultural purposes.
Mírzá Baig +2 more
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Water Research, 2021 Securing water supply in the face of increasing water scarcity is one important challenge faced by humanity in sustainable development. Inter-basin water transfer is widely applied to provide water supply security in regions where water demand exceeds ...
Chi Zhang, Siao Sun, Guangtao Fu
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Indicator metrics and temporal aggregations introduce ambiguities in water scarcity estimates [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWater scarcity is a global challenge affecting billions of people worldwide. This study systematically assesses differences in the estimation of the global population exposed to water scarcity based on 7 water scarcity indicators and 11 Environmental ...
Fitsume T. Wolkeba +3 more
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Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality
Nature Communications, 2020 The impact on inadequate water quality on water scarcity is unclear. Here the authors quantify China’s present-day water scarcity and show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China’s water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country.
Ting Ma +13 more
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Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions
Nature Communications, 2021 Urbanization and climate change are together exacerbating water scarcity—where water demand exceeds availability—for the world’s cities. We quantify global urban water scarcity in 2016 and 2050 under four socioeconomic and climate change scenarios, and ...
Chunyang He +6 more
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Hydrological sciences and water security: An overview [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 2015 This paper provides an introduction to the concepts of water security including not only the risks to human wellbeing posed by floods and droughts, but also the threats of inadequate supply of water in both quantity and quality for food production, human
G. Young +3 more
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