Assessment of Sectoral Virtual Water Flows and Future Water Requirement in Agriculture Under SSP-RCP Scenarios: Reflections for Water Resources Management in Zhangye City

Water scarcity is a core issue that constraints the high-quality development of arid areas in northwestern China. Zhangye is an oasis city located in the Heihe River Basin in northwestern China. It is populated with an agriculture-dominated economy and faces more and more serious water crises. Virtu...

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Main Authors: Yifei Wang, Haowei Wu, Zhihui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.901873/full