Articles | Volume 22, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2795-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2795-2018
Research article
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08 May 2018
Research article |  | 08 May 2018

How downstream sub-basins depend on upstream inflows to avoid scarcity: typology and global analysis of transboundary rivers

Hafsa Ahmed Munia, Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Naho Mirumachi, Yoshihide Wada, and Matti Kummu

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (02 Jan 2018) by Pieter van der Zaag
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Mar 2018) by Pieter van der Zaag
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ED: Publish as is (17 Mar 2018) by Pieter van der Zaag
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Short summary
An analytical framework is developed drawing on ideas of regime shifts from resilience literature to understand the transition between cases where water scarcity is or is not experienced depending on whether water from upstream is or is not available. The analysis shows 386 million people dependent on upstream water to avoid possible stress and 306 million people dependent on upstream water to avoid possible shortage. This provides insights into implications for negotiations between sub-basins.