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12 Jul 2017
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HESS Opinions: A planetary boundary on freshwater use is misleading
Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Potsdam,
14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Challenging the ecological economics of water: Social and political perspectives A. Buchs et al. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107176
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- Land use, climate, and water change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) using earth observation and hydrological modeling A. Mondal et al. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101132
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- Physical and virtual water transfers in China and their implication for water planetary boundary W. Zhang & W. Fang 10.1007/s11356-024-31979-x
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Short summary
In 2009, the "planetary boundaries" were introduced. They consist of nine global control variables and corresponding "thresholds which, if crossed, could generate unacceptable environmental change". The idea has been very successful, but also controversial. This paper picks up the debate with regard to the boundary on "global freshwater use": it argues that such a boundary is based on mere speculation, and that any exercise of assigning actual numbers is arbitrary, premature, and misleading.
In 2009, the "planetary boundaries" were introduced. They consist of nine global control...
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