The quadruple squeeze: Defining the safe operating space for freshwater use to achieve a triply green revolution in the anthropocene

Ambio

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-265

  Rockström, Johan ^a   Karlberg, Louise ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROECOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPLOITATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FRESHWATER; GREEN REVOLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; FRESH WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954538902     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0033-4     Document Type: Article

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