NDLI: An Evaluation of China’s Water Footprint

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Author	Ge, Liqiang Xie, Gaodi Zhang, Caixia Li, Shimei Qi, Yue Cao, Shuyan He, Tingting
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	The water footprint is an indicator of freshwater consumption that looks not only at direct water consumption of a consumer or producer, also at the indirect water consumption. The water footprint can be regarded as a comprehensive indicator of freshwater resources appropriation, next to the traditional and restricted measure of water withdrawal. Based on the concept and calculating method of water footprint, this paper estimates the water footprint of China in 2007. The result shows that the total water footprint of China is 856.34 × 10$^{9}$ m$^{3}$ and the per capita water footprint is 648.11 m$^{3}$/year. The spatial difference of per capita water footprint is obvious among all provinces of China. Generally, the more developed cities, the southern and coastal provinces have a higher per capita water footprint, lower water footprint intensity and higher efficiency of water consumption, while the North West China has lower water utilization efficiency. China is one of the thirteen water scarce countries in the world and spatial distribution of water resources is non-uniform. In addition to the virtual water trade, government should apply advanced technology and best available management practices, improve the efficiency of water use, reduce virtual water content per unit product, and continue nation-wide readjustment of industrial structure to guarantee an efficient use of limited water resources.
Starting Page	2633
Ending Page	2647
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09204741
Journal	Water Resources Management
Volume Number	25
Issue Number	10
e-ISSN	15731650
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2011-05-03
Publisher Institution	European Water Resources Association (EWRA)
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Water footprint Virtual water Spatial analysis China Meteorology/Climatology Geotechnical Engineering Civil Engineering Hydrogeology Environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Water Science and Technology Civil and Structural Engineering

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