Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap

Wijngaard, René Reijer; Biemans, Hester; Lutz, Arthur Friedrich; Shrestha, Arun Bhakta; Wester, Philippus; Immerzeel, Walter Willem

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6297-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6297-2018

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The changing water cycle of the Indo-Gangetic Plain

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6297-2018

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

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06 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2018

Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap

René Reijer Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Arthur Friedrich Lutz, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Philippus Wester, and Walter Willem Immerzeel

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EC1: 'Figure 5 Missing in your Submitted Manuscript', Pradeep P. Mujumdar, 27 Mar 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Editor', Rene Wijngaard, 28 Mar 2018
RC1: 'Review of "hess-2018-16: Climate change vs. socio-economic development: ..South-Asian water gap" by Anonymous referee', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 May 2018
- AC2: 'Interactive Comment on “Climate change vs. Socio-economic development: Understanding the future South-Asian water gap” by René R. Wijngaard et al.', Rene Wijngaard, 09 Jul 2018
EC2: 'Non-stationarity in model parameters', Pradeep P. Mujumdar, 26 May 2018
- AC3: 'Response to Editor', Rene Wijngaard, 09 Jul 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Jul 2018) by Pradeep P. Mujumdar

AR by Rene Wijngaard on behalf of the Authors (24 Jul 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (25 Jul 2018) by Pradeep P. Mujumdar

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Aug 2018)

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (04 Sep 2018) by Pradeep P. Mujumdar

AR by Rene Wijngaard on behalf of the Authors (16 Oct 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (19 Nov 2018) by Pradeep P. Mujumdar

AR by Rene Wijngaard on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2018)

Short summary

This study assesses the combined impacts of climate change and socio-economic developments on the future water gap for the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra river basins until the end of the 21st century. The results show that despite projected increases in surface water availability, the strong socio-economic development and associated increase in water demand will likely lead to an increase in the water gap, indicating that socio-economic changes will be the key driver in the evolving water gap.