Water scarcity occurs when there are insufficient freshwater resources to meet the human and environmental demands of a certain area. Given the challenges of population growth, profligate use, growing pollution, and global warming, many countries and maj
Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, placing considerable importance on the accuracy of indicators used to characterize and map water scarcity worldwi... AY Hoekstra,MM Mekonnen,AK Chapagain,... - 《Plos One》...
Restores the map extent and layers visibility where you left off 2. Global Drought Observatory (GDO) TheGlobal Drought Observatory (GDO)monitors and assesses drought conditions worldwide. The GDO MapViewer displays the “Risk of Drought impact on Agriculture” as high (3), medium (2), low (1...
Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, placing considerable importance on the accuracy of indicators used to characterize and map water scarcity worldwide. We improve upon past efforts by using estimates of blue water footprints (consumptive use of ground- and surface water flows) rather than wate...
Urbanization and climate change are together exacerbating water scarcity—where water demand exceeds availability—for the world’s cities. We quantify global urban water scarcity in 2016 and 2050 under four socioeconomic and climate change scenarios, an
SYDNEY, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Scientists revealed a mapping tool on Tuesday to help international agencies fight water scarcity by providing the most comprehensive map of rivers and catchments on the earth. The project HydroATLAS was led by two academics, Dr. Simon Linke from Australia's Griffi...
water scarcity assessments recommended a grid cell-based assessment, claiming that it is able to consider spatial variations of water resources and withdrawals within basins3,26,32. However, this high-resolution approach sometimes differs from the real world, because the distance between water ...
SyedSaquib, ...AkankshaJoshi, inCurrent Directions in Water Scarcity Research, 2022 3.3Interaction between urbanization and groundwater resources A large portion of the planet's fluid utilizable water is found stored underground in aquifers. The aquifers additionally give an importantbase flowproviding ...
Mobility (that is, seasonal movements of pastoralists and their herd11) is the traditional strategy of pastoralists in drylands around the globe to cope with climate variability and water and pasture scarcity12,13. Yet it is not to be considered as a mere drought coping mechanism but a whole...
Cyber-physical systems for water supply network management: Basics, challenges, and roadmap. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9555. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] IWMI. Global trend, world water scarcity map. In The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Annual Report 2007–2008; IWMI: Colombo, ...