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2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. Water: a Unique Phenomenon and Resource

Authors : Janos J. Bogardi, Balázs M. Fekete

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Abstract

This chapter presents water as a major geophysical phenomenon. Based on the paper ‘Water balance of Earth’ (Kotwicki, Hydrol Sci J 54:829–840, 2009) the role and evolutionary trajectory of water along earth’s history is explained. The hydrological cycle is introduced and the corresponding fluxes and stocks are assessed at global, continental, regional and river basin scales. The concept of water cycle, accounting explicitly for the interaction of the natural phenomena and societal demands is introduced. In large-scale overviews the present and expected future water use balances, possibilities and potential reasons of water scarcity are analysed. Interlinkages with population growth, climate variability and change as well as land use/land cover are emphasized.

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Footnotes
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The four representative concentration pathway scenarios (RCPs) referred as RCP2p6, RCP4p5, RCP6p0 and RCP8p5 in the latest IPCC report do not reflect the concentrations of any substance, but the net absorbed radiation imbalance of 2.6, 4.5, 6.0 and 8.5 in W m−2 respectively due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
 
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Table 2.3 Footnotes:
(1) The table has been extended by M. Quante and J. Marcinek.
(2) Not considered in the statistics.
(3) Remains as it is as these are the names of two institutes (in German).
(4) The scenario IS92a considers further greenhouse gas emissions in the twenty-first century.
 
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Metadata
Title
Water: a Unique Phenomenon and Resource
Authors
Janos J. Bogardi
Balázs M. Fekete
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-60145-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-60147-8

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60147-8_2