Water scarcity under various socio-economic pathways and its potential effects on food production in the Yellow River basin

Yin, Yuanyuan; Tang, Qiuhong; Liu, Xingcai; Zhang, Xuejun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-791-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-791-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-791-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 2

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09 Feb 2017

Research article |

| 09 Feb 2017

Water scarcity under various socio-economic pathways and its potential effects on food production in the Yellow River basin

Yuanyuan Yin, Qiuhong Tang, Xingcai Liu, and Xuejun Zhang

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RC1: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to the Reviewer 1', Qiuhong Tang, 28 Sep 2016
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to the Reviewer 2', Qiuhong Tang, 28 Sep 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Sep 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Qiuhong Tang on behalf of the Authors (08 Nov 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (17 Nov 2016) by Lixin Wang

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Nov 2016) by Lixin Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Dec 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (29 Dec 2016)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (30 Dec 2016) by Lixin Wang

AR by Qiuhong Tang on behalf of the Authors (08 Jan 2017) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (11 Jan 2017) by Lixin Wang

AR by Qiuhong Tang on behalf of the Authors (16 Jan 2017)

Short summary

We assess water scarcity under various socio-economic pathways and its impact on food production in the Yellow River basin. The rapidly increasing industrial water demand will put the middle and lower reaches in a condition of water scarcity. The industrial water demand is the main contributing factor to water scarcity. Water scarcity will lead to at least 9 % reduction in food production in 2084. This suggests that a trade-offs should be considered when developing regional adaptation strategies.