Modelling global water stress of the recent past: On the relative importance of trends in water demand and climate variability

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3785-3808

  Wada, Y ^a   Van Beek, L P H ^a   Bierkens, M F P ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; BLUE WATER; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DESALINATED WATER; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; DOMESTIC WATER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; EXTREME EVENTS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL POPULATION; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; HIGH WATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LIVESTOCK DENSITY; NON-RENEWABLE; NORTH CHINA; POPULATION NUMBERS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; ROMANIA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER SCARCITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; GROUNDWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOCLIMATE; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER DEMAND; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84055222526     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3785-2011     Document Type: Article

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