Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.141

	Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades
	Sun, Siao 2; Bao, Chao 1,2; Tang, Zhipeng 2
刊名	JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
	2019-10-01
卷号	233 页码:1250-1258
关键词	Input-output analysis Net virtual water trade Structural decomposition analysis Tibet Virtual water Water footprint
ISSN号	0959-6526
DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.141
通讯作者	Bao, Chao(baoc@igsnrr.ac.cn) ; Tang, Zhipeng(tangzp@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	As the headwaters region of many major Asian rivers and one of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the world, Tibet is an important strategic water resources and ecological conservation district in China. Although Tibet has developed increasing economic links with external regions, the virtual water (VW) interactions have rarely been discussed due to data unavailability. In this study, based on a newly released China multiple-regional input-output table in 2012, Tibet's local water use is analyzed by associating it with interregional-level trades in China. The structural decomposition analysis (SDA), which is conventionally applied to trace influencing factors for temporal changes of environmental variables, is adapted to examine socio-economic determinants of net VW trade in Tibet. The results indicate that Tibet is a net VW exporter, providing 577.5 million m(3) net VW to other provinces. The SDA results provide quantified effects of different factors. Tibet's low direct water use intensity and water intensive dominated export structure contribute 1048.6 and 738.9 million m(3) net VW exports, respectively. In contrast, the trade volume of commodities and production structure contribute to offsetting the net VW export 1140.7 and 69.4 million m(3), respectively. Policies are informed towards sustainable water resources uses and management. Measures including resources use efficiency improvement, industry upgrade towards a less resource intensive production structure and material support from external regions are suggested, highlighting the importance of strengthening coordination between Tibet and downstream regions. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
资助项目	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA20040401] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41730645] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41790424] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41601167]
WOS关键词	STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS ; INPUT-OUTPUT-ANALYSIS ; HAIHE RIVER-BASIN ; CO2 EMISSIONS ; FOOTPRINT ; CHINA ; EFFICIENCY ; PLATEAU ; ENERGY ; FLOWS
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000479025500101
资助机构	Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/68846]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Bao, Chao; Tang, Zhipeng
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Siao,Bao, Chao,Tang, Zhipeng. Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades[J]. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,2019,233:1250-1258.
APA	Sun, Siao,Bao, Chao,&Tang, Zhipeng.(2019).Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,233,1250-1258.
MLA	Sun, Siao,et al."Tele-connecting water consumption in Tibet: Patterns and socio-economic driving factors for virtual water trades".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 233(2019):1250-1258.