Alleviating Pressure on Water Resources: A new approach could be attempted

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	Alleviating Pressure on Water Resources: A new approach could be attempted
	Sun, Shikun 1,2,3; Wang, Yubao 1,2,3; Wang, Feifei 4; Liu, Jing 5; Luan, Xiaobo6,7 ; Li, Xiaolei 6,7; Zhou, Tianwa 6,7; Wu, Pute 2,6,7
文章类型	Article
	2015-09-14
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷号	5
摘要	Water and food safety are two major challenges which the world faces today. Traditional water management focuses on the reduction of water use through improvements in water saving technologies. However, quantitative research is needed to evaluate the effects of changing food consumption patterns on water resources. Here we report the water saving effects of changing diet pattern of the major crops and animal products in mainland China. By using the concepts of water footprint (WF) per weight unit and per calorie unit, provided by 13 primary crop and animal products, the WFs of the 13 agricultural products in each province are compared, and their water/energy conversion efficiencies are analyzed. Then, impacts of different scenarios of changing diet pattern on water consumption were explored. Results show that there are obvious differences between the WF per weight and calorie unit provided by crop and animal products due to the nutritional properties of the agricultural products. Promoting water savings from the food consumption side could give a positive feedback on water consumption. Scenario analysis of adjustments to the diet pattern proves that it is potentially feasible to reach the objective of alleviating stress on water resources while guaranteeing nutritional value of the residents.
收录类别	SCI
出版地	MACMILLAN BUILDING, 4 CRINAN ST, LONDON N1 9XW, ENGLAND
语种	英语
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000361148400004
关键词[WOS]	FOOD-CONSUMPTION ; AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY ; CROP PRODUCTION ; USE EFFICIENCY ; FOOTPRINT ; CHINA ; SCENARIOS ; NATIONS ; TRENDS ; PLANET
出版者	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	sbir.nwafu.edu.cn/handle/361005/10430
专题	中国科学院水利部水土保持研究所
通讯作者	Wu, Pute
作者单位	1.Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Water Resources & Architectural Engn, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 2.Northwest A&F Univ, Inst Water Saving Agr Arid Reg China, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 3.Northwest A&F Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Agr Soil & Water Engn Arid & Semiarid Are, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 4.Northwest A&F Univ, Coll Econ & Management, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 5.Northwest A&F Univ, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Soil & Water Conservat, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China 7.Minist Water Resources, Yangling 712100, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Shikun,Wang, Yubao,Wang, Feifei,et al. Alleviating Pressure on Water Resources: A new approach could be attempted[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2015,5.
APA	Sun, Shikun.,Wang, Yubao.,Wang, Feifei.,Liu, Jing.,Luan, Xiaobo.,...&Wu, Pute.(2015).Alleviating Pressure on Water Resources: A new approach could be attempted.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,5.
MLA	Sun, Shikun,et al."Alleviating Pressure on Water Resources: A new approach could be attempted".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 5(2015).