Peak water: future long-term changes driven by socio-economic development in China.

ABSTRACT: Population and economic growth cause an increase in water demand leading to ever-increasing water shortage and water crisis. The paper presents China's future long-term changes in water demand driven by socio-economic development based on the construction of a water demand model. At the national and state or provincial level, the water demand model was calibrated and validated with historical data involving developed countries and developing countries, respectively, which exemplifies the feasibility and applicability of the model. Through analyzing the historical data and predicting the future water demand, the following conclusions are obtained. First, total water use in 2013 is not peak water. Second, total water demand is projected to continue increasing to an extent, which would not su

SUBMITTER: Guo L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9341153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature