Towards a revised planetary boundary for consumptive freshwater use: Role of environmental flow requirements

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 551-558

  Gerten, Dieter ^a   Hoff, Holger ^a,b   Rockström, Johan ^c   Jägermeyr, Jonas ^a   Kummu, Matti ^d   Pastor, Amandine V ^e  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

EID: 84890142050     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.001     Document Type: Review

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