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DOI	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157396
	Water resources management of large hydrological basins in semi-arid regions: Spatial and temporal variability of water footprint of the Upper Euphrates River basin
	Muratoglu, Abdullah; Iraz, Emre; Ercin, Ertug
通讯作者	Muratoglu, A
来源期刊	SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
ISSN	0048-9697
EISSN	1879-1026
出版年	2022
卷号	846
英文摘要	The existing water accounts for large-scale, semi-arid and transboundary river basins are usually lack of sufficient spatial-temporal elements of water use, a prerequisite for identifying potential water savings and for sustainable management of scarce water resources. This study aims to demonstrate value of water footprint (WF) accounting framework for such river basins with the case study of the Upper Euphrates River basin which is not only used as major food and energy production resource in Turkey but also a focal point for international conflict, diplomacy and dialogue in Middle East. The methodology is based on Water Footprint Assessment Manual which is published by Water Footprint Network. The study maps spatial-temporal variations of sectoral water use in the study area for the agriculture, domestic water supply and industry for the period of 2008-2019. The water footprint of the Upper Euphrates River basin is calculated as 27.4 Gm(3) , most of which is related to the agricultural activities. The downstream and lower plains of the study area exhibited a considerably high blue and grey agricultural WF, reaching 2397 and 349 mm, respectively. Several crops have substantially large WFs in the region such as cotton, wheat, pistachio, and barley. The analysis given in this study revealed importance of spatial-temporal disaggregated information in water accounting for sustainable management of water resources. These accounts can provide insights that were not available to the decision makers before, such as water saving opportunities, potential water efficiency and productivity benchmarks, strategic planning for various climatic conditions etc. These are the major values that water footprint accounting can introduce in water management in a large scale, semi-arid transboundary river basins.
英文关键词	Water management Agriculture The Euphrates River basin Transboundary Spatial-temporal variations Water footprint
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000852634700009
WOS关键词	SCARCITY ; CONSUMPTION ; SCALE ; CROPS ; FOOD ; BLUE
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/394398
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Muratoglu, Abdullah,Iraz, Emre,Ercin, Ertug. Water resources management of large hydrological basins in semi-arid regions: Spatial and temporal variability of water footprint of the Upper Euphrates River basin[J],2022,846.
APA	Muratoglu, Abdullah,Iraz, Emre,&Ercin, Ertug.(2022).Water resources management of large hydrological basins in semi-arid regions: Spatial and temporal variability of water footprint of the Upper Euphrates River basin.SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT,846.
MLA	Muratoglu, Abdullah,et al."Water resources management of large hydrological basins in semi-arid regions: Spatial and temporal variability of water footprint of the Upper Euphrates River basin".SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 846(2022).