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Global Agricultural Water Scarcity Assessment Incorporating Blue and Green Water Availability Under Future Climate Change

Earth's Future, 2022
Climate change was projected to have negative effects on water availability and consequently a serious constraint to food production in many areas of the world.
Xingcai Liu, Wenfeng Liu, Q. Tang, Bopeng Liu, Y. Wada, Hong Yang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global monthly water scarcity: blue water footprints versus blue water availability. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, placing considerable importance on the accuracy of indicators used to characterize and map water scarcity worldwide.
Arjen Y Hoekstra, Mesfin M Mekonnen, Ashok K Chapagain, Ruth E Mathews, Brian D Richter   +4 more
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Water footprint of nations amplified by scarcity in the Belt and Road Initiative

Heliyon, 2023
The growing water scarcity due to international trade poses a serious threat to global sustainability. Given the intensified international trade throughout the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), this paper tracks the virtual water trade and water footprint ...
Kai Fang, Jianjian He, Qingyan Liu, Siqi Wang, Yong Geng, Reinout Heijungs, Yueyue Du, Wenze Yue, Anqi Xu, Chuanglin Fang   +9 more
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Water scarcity: A global hindrance to sustainable development and agricultural production – A critical review of the impacts and adaptation strategies

Cambridge Prisms: Water
Water is essential for sustaining life and required for carrying out basic daily activities. Even though water covers the vast majority of the earth’s surface, the availability of fresh water, which is necessary to maintain human activities, is limited,
Auindrila Biswas, Sourakanti Sarkar, Sumanta Das, Suman Dutta, Malini Roy Choudhury, Anmol Giri, Bimal Bera, Koushik Bag, Bishal Mukherjee, Koushik Banerjee, D. Gupta, D. Paul   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making scarcity “enough”: The hidden household costs of adapting to water scarcity in Mexico City

PLOS Water, 2023
In the face of water scarcity due to climate change and population growth, cities around the world, especially in the Global South, increasingly provide intermittent, rather than continuous, water supply. Because an intermittent water supply has negative
Alyssa Huberts, D. Palma, Ana Cecilia Bernal García, F. Cole, E. Roberts   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute Water-Scarcity Monitoring for Africa

, 2019
Acute and chronic water scarcity impacts four billion people, a number likely to climb with population growth and increasing demand for food and energy production.
Amy McNally, Augusto Getirana, Jossy Jacob, Christa Peters-Lidard, Shraddhanand Shukla, Kristi Arsenault, James P. Verdin, Kristine Verdin, Laura Harrison   +8 more
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Agricultural Water Allocation Under Cyclical Scarcity: The Role of Priority Water Rights [PDF]

, 2020
Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource worldwide, suggesting that water rationing methods should be revised to improve water allocation efficiency, especially during cyclical scarcity events (droughts). The proportional rule is the most widely
Carlos Gutiérrez-Martín, Montilla-López, Nazaret M., José A. Gómez-Limón, Nazaret M. Montilla-López, Gómez-Limón, José A., Gutiérrez-Martín, Carlos   +5 more
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Recent trends in emerging greywater management in India: An overview

Desalination and Water Treatment
Water, one of the most essential resources, is intrinsic to sustaining life. However, less than 5 % of fresh water is available in usable form. Over the past few decades, significant changes in water consumption patterns have severely impacted the ...
Rakshit Jakhar, Katarzyna Styszko
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Understanding responses to climate-related water scarcity in Africa.

Science of the Total Environment, 2021
Water scarcity is a global challenge, yet existing responses are failing to cope with current shocks and stressors, including those attributable to climate change.
W. Leal Filho, E. Totin, J. Franke, S. M. Andrew, I. Abubakar, H. Azadi, P. Nunn, B. Ouweneel, P. Williams, N. Simpson   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A synergistic framework for dynamic water scarcity assessment: integrated blue and green water

Journal of Water and Climate Change
Dynamic assessment of water scarcity utilising blue and green water can enhance water resource management. The traditional water scarcity assessment mainly considers blue water, ignoring green water, for static evaluation.
Jianwei Liu, Xiaoteng Pang, Xiaohui Yan, Xiaoqiang Chen, Mingwei Wang, Ruixue Ma, Liguo Ma   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source