To sustain growing food demand and increasing standard of living, global water use increased by nearly 6 times during the last 100 years, and continues to grow. As water demands get closer and closer to the water availability in many regions, each drop of water becomes increasingly valuable and w...
Wada, Y.
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Flörke, M.
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Hanasaki, N.
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Eisner, G.
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Fischer, S.
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Tramberend, Y.
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Satoh, Y.
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Vliet, M.T.H. van
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Yillia, P.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Burek, P.
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Wiberg, D.
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[Modeling global water use for the 21st century: the Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches]
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Modeling global water use for the 21st century: the Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches
Billions of people currently lack clean water and sanitation. By 2050 the global population will have grown to nearly 10 billion, over two-thirds of whom will live in urban areas. This Voices asks: what are the research and water-management priorities to ensure clean water and sanitation in the w...
Jamwal, P.
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Brown, R.
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Kookana, R.
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Drechsel, Pay
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McDonald, R.
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Vorosmarty, C.J.
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Vliet, M.T.H. van
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Bhaduri, Anik
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[The future of urban clean water and sanitation]
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The future of urban clean water and sanitation
Hydropower and thermoelectric power together contribute 98% of the world’s electricity generation at present. These power-generating technologies both strongly depend on water availability, and water temperature for cooling also plays a critical role for thermoelectric power generation. Climate c...
Vliet, M.T.H. van
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Wiberg, D.
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Leduc, S.
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Riahi, K.
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[Power-generation system vulnerability and adaptation to changes in climate and water resources]
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Power-generation system vulnerability and adaptation to changes in climate and water resources