Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality
dc.contributor.author | Ma, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Sun, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Fu, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Hall, JW | |
dc.contributor.author | Ni, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | He, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Yi, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhao, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Du, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Pei, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Song, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Fang, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhou, C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-31T16:34:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-01-31 | |
dc.description.abstract | Inadequate water quality can mean that water is unsuitable for a variety of human uses, thus exacerbating freshwater scarcity. Previous large-scale water scarcity assessments mostly focused on the availability of sufficient freshwater quantity for providing supplies, but neglected the quality constraints on water usability. Here we report a comprehensive nationwide water scarcity assessment in China, which explicitly includes quality requirements for human water uses. We highlight the necessity of incorporating water scarcity assessment at multiple temporal and geographic scales. Our results show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China’s water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country. North China often suffers water scarcity throughout the year, whereas South China, despite sufficient quantities, experiences seasonal water scarcity due to inadequate quality. Over half of the population are affected by water scarcity, pointing to an urgent need for improving freshwater quantity and quality management to cope with water scarcity. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Key Research and Development Program of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Natural Science Foundation of China | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Key Research Program of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 11, Article number: 650 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 2017YFB0503600 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | XDA20040401 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 41421001 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | QYZDY-SSW-DQC007 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/40680 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing,adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutoryregulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. | en_GB |
dc.subject | Environmental impact | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sustainability | en_GB |
dc.title | Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-31T16:34:36Z | |
exeter.article-number | 650 | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Springer via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2041-1723 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Nature Communications | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-01-17 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-12 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-01-31T16:28:41Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2020-01-31T16:34:40Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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