Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality
文献类型:期刊论文
作者 | Ma, Ting1,2,6; Sun, Siao5; Fu, Guangtao3; Hall, Jim W.4; Ni, Yong1,2,7; He, Lihuan7; Yi, Jiawei1,2; Zhao, Na1,2; Du, Yunyan1,2; Pei, Tao1,2,6 |
刊名 | NATURE COMMUNICATIONS |
出版日期 | 2020-01-31 |
卷号 | 11期号:1页码:9 |
ISSN号 | 2041-1723 |
DOI | 10.1038/s41467-020-14532-5 |
英文摘要 | The impact on inadequate water quality on water scarcity is unclear. Here the authors quantify China's present-day water scarcity and show that inadequate water quality exacerbates China's water scarcity, which is unevenly distributed across the country. 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. |
WOS关键词 | ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW REQUIREMENTS ; RESOURCES ; STRESS ; QUANTITY ; QUALITY ; FUTURE ; MODEL ; URBANIZATION ; TRANSFERS |
资助项目 | National Key Research and Development Program of China[2017YFB0503600] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20040401] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41421001] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41525004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41771418] ; Key Research Program of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[QYZDY-SSW-DQC007] |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
语种 | 英语 |
出版者 | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000513245600004 |
资助机构 | National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Key Research Program of Frontier Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
源URL | [http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/132350] |
专题 | 资源与环境信息系统国家重点实验室_外文论文 |
作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Univ Exeter, Ctr Water Syst, Exeter EX4 4QF, Devon, England 4.Univ Oxford, Environm Change Inst, Oxford, England 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 6.Jiangsu Ctr Collaborat Innovat Geog Informat Reso, Nanjing 210023, Peoples R China 7.China Natl Environm Monitoring Ctr, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Ma, Ting,Sun, Siao,Fu, Guangtao,et al. Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality[J]. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,2020,11(1):9. |
APA | Ma, Ting.,Sun, Siao.,Fu, Guangtao.,Hall, Jim W..,Ni, Yong.,...&Zhou, Chenghu.(2020).Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,11(1),9. |
MLA | Ma, Ting,et al."Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11.1(2020):9. |
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来源:地理科学与资源研究所
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