Sensitivity of subregional distribution of socioeconomic conditions to the global assessment of water scarcity

Prakat Modi; Naota Hanasaki; Dai Yamazaki; Julien Eric Stanislas Boulange; Taikan Oki

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00475-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Jun 2022)

Sensitivity of subregional distribution of socioeconomic conditions to the global assessment of water scarcity

Prakat Modi,
Naota Hanasaki,
Dai Yamazaki,
Julien Eric Stanislas Boulange,
Taikan Oki

Affiliations

Prakat Modi: Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Naota Hanasaki: National Institute for Environmental Studies
Dai Yamazaki: Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Julien Eric Stanislas Boulange: National Institute for Environmental Studies
Taikan Oki: Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00475-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Variation in global water scarcity is strongly dependent on the spatial distribution of population and economic conditions, according to a quantitative assessment of combined physical and economic water scarcity under multiple future emissions scenarios.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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