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Research article
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17 Feb 2022
Research article |
| 17 Feb 2022
| 17 Feb 2022
Future upstream water consumption and its impact on downstream water availability in the transboundary Indus Basin
Wouter J. Smolenaars
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Sanita Dhaubanjar
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CB, the Netherlands
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, 44700, Nepal
Muhammad K. Jamil
Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, 44690, Pakistan
Arthur Lutz
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CB, the Netherlands
Walter Immerzeel
Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CB, the Netherlands
Fulco Ludwig
Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Hester Biemans
Water Systems and Global Change Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, 6708 PB, the Netherlands
Water and Food Research Group, Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Trajectory in water scarcity and potential water savings benefits in the Yellow River basin W. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130998
- Projecting China’s future water footprints and water scarcity under socioeconomic and climate change pathways using an integrated simulation approach Y. Sun et al. 10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100385
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- When the law is unclear: challenges and opportunities for data and information exchange in the Tigris-Euphrates and Indus river basins Q. Hasan et al. 10.2166/wp.2023.261
- Ecological compensation mechanism controlled by both river ecological water demand and regional water rights X. Guan et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176137
- Energy-balance modeling of heterogeneous glacio-hydrological regimes at upper Indus H. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101515
- Decadal trends in precipitable water vapor over the Indus River Basin using ERA5 reanalysis data S. Rani et al. 10.1007/s11629-023-8112-8
- Water or mirage? Nightmare over dams and hydropower across Iran A. Torabi Haghighi et al. 10.1080/07900627.2023.2238844
- The growing water crisis in Central Asia and the driving forces behind it X. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134574
- Enhancing water governance and water resources management in Bangladesh M. Alamgir et al. 10.1080/15715124.2024.2356219
- Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Dynamics and Management Strategies for the Sustainable Groundwater Development in Water-Scarce Agricultural Region of Punjab, Pakistan A. Raheem et al. 10.3390/w16010034
- Spatial adaptation pathways to reconcile future water and food security in the Indus River basin W. Smolenaars et al. 10.1038/s43247-023-01070-3
Latest update: 04 May 2025
Short summary
The arid plains of the lower Indus Basin rely heavily on the water provided by the mountainous upper Indus. Rapid population growth in the upper Indus is expected to increase the water that is consumed there. This will subsequently reduce the water that is available for the downstream plains, where the population and water demand are also expected to grow. In future, this may aggravate tensions over the division of water between the countries that share the Indus Basin.
The arid plains of the lower Indus Basin rely heavily on the water provided by the mountainous...
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