Open AccessSustaining water resources in South East England
Author(s) -
Rodda John C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.135
Subject(s) - geography , resource (disambiguation) , south east , water resources , north east , population growth , population , plan (archaeology) , water resource management , physical geography , socioeconomics , environmental science , archaeology , demography , ecology , economics , sociology , computer network , computer science , biology
The South East of England is one of the driest regions of the UK and it is also one of the most densely populated. As a consequence the available water resource per head of population is about half of the figure used by the World Bank to indicate that a country is suffering water stress. The South East Plan, prepared by the South East England Regional Assembly, proposes to increase the population of the region by about 1 million by 2026. This paper considers the ability of the Region's water resources to cope with this growth. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society