TY - JOUR
T1 - Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance
AU - Grafton, R. Quentin
AU - Pittock, Jamie
AU - Davis, Richard
AU - Williams, John
AU - Fu, Guobin
AU - Warburton, Michele
AU - Udall, Bradley
AU - Mckenzie, Ronnie
AU - Yu, Xiubo
AU - Che, Nhu
AU - Connell, Daniel
AU - Jiang, Qiang
AU - Kompas, Tom
AU - Lynch, Amanda
AU - Norris, Richard
AU - Possingham, Hugh
AU - Quiggin, John
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - The threats of climate change and the trade-offs between extractions and flows are examined for the Colorado, the Murray, the Orange and the Yellow Rivers. In all four basins, and over a long period of time, outflows have greatly reduced as a direct result of increased water extractions. Although climate change will aggravate hydrological impacts on river systems, currently high levels of water extractions remain the principal contributor to reduced system flows. Changes in governance, including sharing the variability between the environment and consumers, are urgently required if the health of these rivers is to be maintained.
AB - The threats of climate change and the trade-offs between extractions and flows are examined for the Colorado, the Murray, the Orange and the Yellow Rivers. In all four basins, and over a long period of time, outflows have greatly reduced as a direct result of increased water extractions. Although climate change will aggravate hydrological impacts on river systems, currently high levels of water extractions remain the principal contributor to reduced system flows. Changes in governance, including sharing the variability between the environment and consumers, are urgently required if the health of these rivers is to be maintained.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875703166&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/nclimate1746
DO - 10.1038/nclimate1746
M3 - Review article
SN - 1758-678X
VL - 3
SP - 315
EP - 321
JO - Nature Climate Change
JF - Nature Climate Change
IS - 4
ER -