Are we in deep water? Water scarcity and its limits to economic growth
By T. Distefano, S. Kelly. 2017
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Water is an important factor of production contributing both directly and indirectly to economic activity across all sectors and regions of the global economy. Water scarcity may therefore go beyond having important consequences for people, society and ecological systems but may also pose a threat to economic growth. Using the latest IPCC RCP projections and the OECD Shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs) for population growth and economic output, we develop a multi-regional input-output model to estimate future demand for water resources across different countries and sectors of the global economy.
Subfields: Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology
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Citations in the corpus
- Research On Degrowth (2018, unknown): “…take into account imported goods, then the material requirements of products and services consumed in OECD of growth overwhelm any realistic savings from technologies and efficiency (47); water footprints have increased even in regions such as California where water withdrawals were stabilized (40).”
- Global virtual water trade and the hydrological cycle: patterns, drivers, and socio-environmental impacts (2019, background): “Moreover, VWT alleviates water scarcity in importing wealthy countries, while it has limited effects on water scarcity alleviation in poorer countries (Distefano and Kelly 2017).”