Long-term global water projections using six socioeconomic scenarios in an integrated assessment modeling framework

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 205-226

  Hejazi, Mohamad ^a   Edmonds, James ^a   Clarke, Leon ^a   Kyle, Page ^a   Davies, Evan ^b   Chaturvedi, Vaibhav ^a   Wise, Marshall ^a   Patel, Pralit ^a   Eom, Jiyong ^c   Calvin, Katherine ^a   Moss, Richard ^a   Kim, Son ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GCAM; Integrated assessment; Socioeconomic scenarios; Water consumption; Water scarcity; Water withdrawals

Indexed keywords

GCAM; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC SCENARIOS; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER SCARCITY; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER SUPPLY;

INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIMITING FACTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WATER DEMAND; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CANADA; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888049520     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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