Driving forces and variation in water footprint before and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Fujian Province of China.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has injured the global industrial supply chain, especially China as the world's largest manufacturing base. Since 2020, China has implemented a rigorous lockdown policy, which has sternly damaged sectoral trade in export-oriented coastal areas. Fujian Province, which mainly processes imported materials, has a more profound influence. Although the COVID-19 lockdown has had some detrimental consequences on the world economy, it also had some favorable benefits on the global ecology. Previous studies have shown that the lockdown has altered the physical water quantity and quality, but the lack of total, virtual, and physical water research that combines water quantity and water quality simultaneously to pinpoint the subject and responsibility of water resources consumpti

SUBMITTER: Yu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9995357 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature