The Effects of Population on the Depletion of Fresh Water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4122353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Wyman (Professor, Department of Biology Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 687-704 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00634.x |
| OpenAlex | W1969896680 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
The most immediate environmental problem in major regions of the world is probably the scarcity of fresh water for agriculture. Insufficiency and irregularity of rainfall require the use of stored water. Both major compartments for fresh water storage-glaciers and groundwater-are being depleted rapidly and at similar rates. Drawdown of groundwater is primarily the result of irrigation required to supply the food needs of large populations. Glacier melt is an effect of global warming chiefly caused by high levels of industrial production and transport. However, an important fraction of glacier melt is caused by food chain emissions (agricultural greenhouse gases and black carbon or cooking soot). In toto, the loss of water resulting from food and agriculture may be significantly greater than that resulting from industrial production and transport, the factors more commonly cited. This suggests that the role of population, closely linked to food and agriculture, is central to the depletion of fresh water
Agriculture · Agronomy · Aquifer · Biology · Drawdown (hydrology) · Environmental protection · Farm water · Geography · Glacier · Greenhouse gas · Groundwater · Hydrology (agriculture) · Irrigation · Physical geography · Population · Water conservation · Water resource management · Water scarcity · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry · Transboundary Water Resource Management · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Agricultural intensification and changes in cultivated areas, 1970–2005
The State and Fate of Himalayan Glaciers
Driving the human ecological footprint
Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon
CO2 emissions from forest loss
Nonsustainable groundwater sustaining irrigation
Climate Change and Food Systems
Bounding the role of black carbon in the climate system
Satellite-based estimates of groundwater depletion in India
The water footprint of humanity
Potential impacts of a warming climate on water availability in snow-dominated regions
Global depletion of groundwater resources
Assessing the temporal stability of the population/environment relationship in comparative perspective
Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing
Eating Meat
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |