Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions

Chunyang He; Zhifeng Liu; Jianguo Wu; Xinhao Pan; Zihang Fang; Jingwei Li; Brett A. Bryan

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25026-3

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Future global urban water scarcity and potential solutions

Chunyang He,
Zhifeng Liu,
Jianguo Wu,
Xinhao Pan,
Zihang Fang,
Jingwei Li,
Brett A. Bryan

Affiliations

Chunyang He: Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University
Zhifeng Liu: Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University
Jianguo Wu: Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University
Xinhao Pan: Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University
Zihang Fang: Center for Human-Environment System Sustainability (CHESS), State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology (ESPRE), Beijing Normal University
Jingwei Li: School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences (SEGS), Shanghai Normal University
Brett A. Bryan: Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25026-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This paper quantifies global urban water scarcity in 2016 and 2050 and explores potential solutions. One third to nearly half of the global urban population is projected to face water scarcity problems.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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