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Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability

Freshwater scarcity is a growing concern, placing considerable importance on the accuracy of indicators used to characterize and map water scarcity worldwide. We improve upon past efforts by using estimates of blue water footprints (consumptive use of ground- and surface water flows) rather than wat...

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Autores principales: Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Mekonnen, Mesfin M., Chapagain, Ashok K., Mathews, Ruth E., Richter, Brian D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3290560/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22393438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032688