Domestic and industrial water uses of the past 60 years as a mirror of socio-economic development: A global simulation study

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 144-156

  Flörke, Martina ^a   Kynast, Ellen ^a   Bärlund, Ilona ^b   Eisner, Stephanie ^a   Wimmer, Florian ^a   Alcamo, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Domestic; Manufacturing; Thermoelectric; Wastewater; Water use; WaterGAP

Indexed keywords

COOLING WATER; DISCHARGE; DOWNSCALING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLITICAL CHANGE; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; THERMAL POWER; WASTEWATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84872620172     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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