Identification of key sectors of water resource utilization in China from the perspective of water footprint

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0234307

	Identification of key sectors of water resource utilization in China from the perspective of water footprint
	Deng, Guangyao; Yue, Xiaofang ; Miao, Lu ; Lu, Fengying
	2020-06-22
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
卷号	15 期号:6
摘要	We identified the key sectors of water resource use in China from the perspective of the water footprint to improve the use of water resources. The empirical results showed that there were six key sectors (including Crop Cultivation; Forestry; Livestock and Livestock Products; Fishery, Technical Services for Agriculture, Forestry, Livestock and Fishing; Other Food Products, and Scrap and Waste) for water consumption in China in 2015.We analyzed the use of green water, blue water, and grey water. These six sectors accounted for 66.15% of the total impact and 90.76% of the direct impact. Seven key sectors (the six sectors above plus Steel Processing)for the consumption of blue water in China can explain 59.70% of the total impact and 86.94% of the direct effect in 2015. Eight key sectors (Crop cultivation, Other food products, Scrap and Waste, Railway Freight Transport, Highway Freight and Passengers Transport, Water Freight and Passengers Transport, Pipeline Transport, and Health Services) responsible for the consumption of grey water in China in 2015 can explain 81.28% of the total impact and 95.73% of the direct impact. Therefore, the Chinese government should focus on the departments that manage water resources in these sectors when designing water-saving policies and improving water-use efficiency, such as promoting water-saving irrigation technology (including sprinkler irrigation and drip irrigation) in the agricultural sector.
DOI	10.1371/journal.pone.0234307
收录类别	SCI ; SCOPUS ; SCIE
ISSN	1932-6203
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000543547900052
出版者	PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
原始文献类型	Article
引用统计	被引频次：4[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.lzufe.edu.cn/handle/39EH0E1M/393
专题	人事处（教师发展中心）统计与数据科学学院
作者单位	1.Lanzhou Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Stat, Lanzhou, Peoples R China; 2.Shenzhen Univ, China Ctr Special Econ Zone Res, Shenzhen, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Deng, Guangyao,Yue, Xiaofang,Miao, Lu,et al. Identification of key sectors of water resource utilization in China from the perspective of water footprint[J]. PLOS ONE,2020,15(6).
APA	Deng, Guangyao,Yue, Xiaofang,Miao, Lu,&Lu, Fengying.(2020).Identification of key sectors of water resource utilization in China from the perspective of water footprint.PLOS ONE,15(6).
MLA	Deng, Guangyao,et al."Identification of key sectors of water resource utilization in China from the perspective of water footprint".PLOS ONE 15.6(2020).