Water stress in global transboundary river basins: Significance of upstream water use on downstream stress

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Munia, H ^a   Guillaume, J H A ^a   Mirumachi, N ^b   Porkka, M ^a   Wada, Y ^c,d,e   Kummu, M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^d NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict; cooperation; sub basin; transboundary river basins; upstream water use; upstreamdownstream relations; water stress

Indexed keywords

WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

CONFLICT; COOPERATION; SUBBASINS; TRANS-BOUNDARY RIVERS; UPSTREAMDOWNSTREAM RELATIONS; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

RIVERS;

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; SOCIAL CONFLICT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

EID: 84956623783     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/1/014002     Document Type: Article

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