Open AccessMaking Sense of the Water Resources That Will Be Available for Future use
Author(s) -
Hossain Faisal,
Niyogi Dev,
Adegoke Jimmy,
Kallos George,
Pielke Roger
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2011eo170005
Subject(s) - water resources , function (biology) , face (sociological concept) , energy resources , business , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental economics , natural resource economics , environmental planning , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental science , environmental protection , ecology , economics , social science , evolutionary biology , sociology , biology
Societally and environmentally important resources can be separated into five major categories: water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function. These resources, however, are intimately interlinked. Water, for example, is required for each of the other four resources. Estimating availability of water resources, as well as other resources, requires an assessment of the threats they face.