The importance of the interdependence between water and energy, also known as the water-
energy nexus, is well recognized. The water-energy nexus is typically characterized in …

Water management faces great challenges over the coming decades. Pressures include
stricter water-quality standards, increasing demand for water and the need to adapt to …

Water scarcity is a rapidly growing concern around the globe, but little is known about how it
has developed over time. This study provides a first assessment of continuous sub-national …

A water crisis has prompted the Chinese government to develop an ambitious water
conservancy plan. However, the plan may not achieve water sustainability and may cause …

Zayandeh-Rud River Basin is one of the most important basins in central Iran, which has
been continually challenged by water stress during the past 60years. Traditionally, a supply …

China's water policies in the past decades have relied heavily on the construction of
massive water conservancy projects in the form of dams and reservoirs, water transfer …

The twenty-first century is witnessing an explosion in global population, environmental
changes, agricultural land disintegration, hunger, and geopolitical instabilities. It is difficult to …

The Danjiangkou reservoir lies in the upper Hanjiang basin and is the source of water for the
middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (SNWDP) in China. Any …

China is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and the agricultural sector
in China is responsible for 17–20% of annual emissions and 62% of total freshwater use …

Around the globe, previously isolated localities are rapidly forming connections over
increasing spatial extents, through the flow of ecosystem services (ES). With the …