Urban fresh water resources consumption of China |
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| Authors: | Peng Zhu Chunxia Lu Lei Zhang Xiaoling Cheng |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China;(2) Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China |
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| Abstract: | From the point of view of urban consumption behavior, urban fresh water consumption could be classified as three types, namely,
direct, indirect and induced water consumption. A calculation approach of urban fresh water consumption was presented based
on the theory of urban basic material consumption and the input-output method, which was utilized to calculate urban fresh
water consumption of China, and to analyze its structural change and causes. The results show that the total urban fresh water
consumption increased 561.7×109m3, and the proportion to the total national fresh water resources increased by 20 percentage points from 1952 to 2005. The
proportion of direct and induced water consumption had been continuously rising, and it increased by 15 and 35 percentage
points separately from 1952 to 2005, while the proportion of indirect water consumption decreased by 50 percentage points.
Urban indirect water consumption was mainly related to urban grain, beef and mutton consumption, and urban induced water consumption
had a close relationship with the amount of carbon emission per capita. Finally, some countermeasures were put forward to
realize sustainable utilization of urban fresh water resources in China.
Foundation item: Under the auspices of Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40535026) |
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| Keywords: | urban fresh water consumption direct water consumption indirect water consumption induced water consumption China |
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