Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Surrey
Article title
Minimum water requirement for social and economic development
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Desalination
Article number
-
Volume number
229
Issue number
1-3
First page of article
245
ISSN of journal
00119164
Year of publication
2008
URL
-
Number of additional authors
-
Additional information
This was the first paper to systematically evaluate the minimum amount of water humans need to run a society rather than just meet basic health or domestic needs. This paper formed the basis of a cover feature article in New Scientist magazine and has since influenced discussions relating to human and society water requirements globally. For example, the World Energy Council cited the paper's estimate in its 2010 report “Water for Energy”. The estimate has been used in the evaluation of the likelihood of water conflict, assessing the impact of climate change and in urban planning.
Interdisciplinary
Yes
Cross-referral requested
17 - Geography, Environmental Studies and Archaeology
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
