Quantifying the Human Appropriation of Fresh Water by African Agriculture

Human appropriation of renewable freshwater (HARF) is a measure for the influence of human activities on the global water cycle. It describes the fraction of accessible water that is directly used by human-dominated systems. We present a comprehensive model-based analysis of HARF for crop production...

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Main Authors: Martina Weiß, Rüdiger Schaldach, Joseph Alcamo, Martina Flörke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2009-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss2/art25/