Virtual water scarcity risk in China

• Main Authors: Zhao, Haoran, Qu, Shen, Liu, Yu, Guo, Sen, Zhao, Huiru, Chiu, Anthony S.F., Liang, Sai, Zou, Jian Ping, Xu, Ming
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Water-supply—China; Water consumption > China; Water demand management > China; Industrial Engineering; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2647
• Institution: De La Salle University

China's rapid economic growth has exerted great pressures on water resources. Since local water scarcity risk (LWSR, representing potential production losses in water-dependent sectors due to water scarcity) can be transmitted to downstream sectors via the economic trade system, this study meas...