Towards a global water scarcity risk assessment framework: incorporation of probability distributions and hydro-climatic variability

Towards a global water scarcity risk assessment framework: incorporation of probability distributions and hydro-climatic variability

Changing hydro-climatic and socioeconomic conditions increasingly put pressure on fresh water resources and are expected to aggravate water scarcity conditions towards the future. Despite numerous calls for risk-based water scarcity assessments, a global-scale framework that includes UNISDR’s defini...

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Main Authors: T I E Veldkamp, Y Wada, J C J H Aerts, P J Ward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
water scarcity
risk assessment
climate change
socioeconomic developments
global hydrological modeling
water resources
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024006

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