Nature Communications (Jan 2020)
Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality
- Ting Ma,
- Siao Sun,
- Guangtao Fu,
- Jim W. Hall,
- Yong Ni,
- Lihuan He,
- Jiawei Yi,
- Na Zhao,
- Yunyan Du,
- Tao Pei,
- Weiming Cheng,
- Ci Song,
- Chuanglin Fang,
- Chenghu Zhou
Affiliations
- Ting Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Siao Sun
- Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangtao Fu
- Centre for Water Systems, University of Exeter
- Jim W. Hall
- Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
- Yong Ni
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Lihuan He
- China National Environmental Monitoring Center
- Jiawei Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Na Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yunyan Du
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Tao Pei
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Weiming Cheng
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ci Song
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chuanglin Fang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chenghu Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
The impact on inadequate water quality on water scarcity is unclear. Here the authors quantify China’s present-day water scarcity and show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China’s water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country.
