Global impacts of energy demand on the freshwater resources of nations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 48, 2015, Pages E6707-E6716

  Holland, Robert Alan ^a   Scott, Kate A ^b   Flörke, Martina ^c   Brown, Gareth ^d   Ewers, Robert M ^d   Farmer, Elizabeth ^e   Kapos, Valerie ^e,f   Muggeridge, Ann ^d   Scharlemann, Jörn P W ^e,g   Taylor, Gail ^a   Barrett, John ^b   Eigenbrod, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy; Freshwater; MRIO; Nexus; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY YIELD; GAS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY; WELLBEING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRY; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVER;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC POLICY; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84948705529     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507701112     Document Type: Article

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