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Decreased virtual water outflows from the Yellow River basin are increasingly critical to China
Shuang Song
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainability,
Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainability,
Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Xutong Wu
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainability,
Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Yongyuan Huang
Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9SN, UK
Bojie Fu
State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
Institute of Land Surface System and Sustainability,
Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University,
Beijing 100875, PR China
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Short summary
A reasonable assessment of the contribution of the water resources in a river basin to domestic crops supplies will be the first step in balancing the water–food nexus. Our results showed that although the Yellow River basin had reduced its virtual water outflow, its importance to crop production in China had been increasing when water footprint networks were considered. Our complexity-based approach provides a new perspective for understanding changes in a basin with a severe water shortage.
A reasonable assessment of the contribution of the water resources in a river basin to domestic...
