We investigated the spatiotemporal variability of drought incidence in Pakistan during 1960–2007 by calculating Standardized Precipitation Index fields for 3-, 6- and 12-month scales using gridded precipitation data. Principal component analysis revealed that droughts are wide-spread and often oc...
Xie H
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Ringler, Claudia
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Zhu, T.
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Waqas A
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[Droughts in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the standardized precipitation index]
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Droughts in Pakistan: A spatiotemporal variability analysis using the standardized precipitation index
Climate change is expected to considerably affect the water resources in the Indus River basin in Pakistan and thus agricultural production in the country. This article reports an analysis of the impacts of various climate scenarios on both water resources and food production out to 2050. While c...
Zhu, T.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Iqbal MM
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Sulser TB
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Goheer MA
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[Climate change impacts and adaptation options for water and food in Pakistan: scenario analysis using an integrated global water and food projections model]
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Climate change impacts and adaptation options for water and food in Pakistan: scenario analysis using an integrated global water and food projections model
There is increasing interest in the water–food nexus, especially the restrictive effect of water on food production in hot spots where irrigation stress is growing. However, little is known about the larger-scale implications of future irrigation shortfalls for global trade and economic welfare, ...
Liu, J.
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Hertel, F.
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Zhu, T.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[International trade buffers the impact of future irrigation shortfalls. Global Environmental Change]
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International trade buffers the impact of future irrigation shortfalls. Global Environmental Change
Water plays a major role in the climate system and in mediating impacts of climate variability and change on all sectors of the economy. The incorporation of water resources modeling into integrated assessment models (IAMs) to study climate–hydrology processes, related water impacts and adaptatio...
Bell, A.
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Zhu, T.
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Xie, H.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[Climate-water interactions—Challenges for improved representation in integrated assessment models]
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Climate-water interactions—Challenges for improved representation in integrated assessment models
Two types of farmer-level mechanisms have been traditionally adopted to increase agricultural water use efficiency in northern China: pricing mechanisms and tradable water rights systems. However, the reluctance of policymakers to exacerbate farmers’ burdens has rendered pricing mechanisms politi...
Chen, S.
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Wang, Y.
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Zhu, T.
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[Exploring China’s farmer-level water saving mechanisms: Analysis of an experiment conducted in Taocheng district, Hebei Province]
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Exploring China’s farmer-level water saving mechanisms: Analysis of an experiment conducted in Taocheng district, Hebei Province
The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Pérez, N.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, T.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
The first decade of the 21st century has brought harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food-price spike of 2008 led to food riots and political change in several countries. In 2010, the excessive heat and drought in Russia that led to wildfires and a grain embargo, as well...
Nelson, Gerald C.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Gray I
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Ingersoll C
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Robertson, Richard D.
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Tokgoz S
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Zhu, T.
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Sulser TB
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Ringler, Claudia
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Msangi S
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You, Liangzhi
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[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond]
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond