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China’s rising hydropower demand challenges water sector

Demand for hydropower is increasing, yet the water footprints (WFs) of reservoirs and hydropower, and their contributions to water scarcity, are poorly understood. Here, we calculate reservoir WFs (freshwater that evaporates from reservoirs) and hydropower WFs (the WF of hydroelectricity) in China b...

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Autores principales: Liu, Junguo, Zhao, Dandan, Gerbens-Leenes, P. W., Guan, Dabo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26158871
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11446