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DOI	10.1016/j.catena.2023.107256
	Utilizing water resources from the Tibetan Plateau: Benefits, risks, and future research requirements
	Suo, Xinhao; Yu, Zhongqi; Cao, Shixiong
通讯作者	Cao, SX
来源期刊	CATENA
ISSN	0341-8162
EISSN	1872-6887
出版年	2023
卷号	230
英文摘要	The uneven spatial and temporal distributions of water resources have made regional scarcities of water resources an increasingly prominent problem around the world. This problem seriously affects food security, desertification, land degradation, and sustainable socio-economic development. Simultaneously, flood disasters caused by excess water resources cause high human and economic losses. Therefore, how to more effectively use the available water resources (e.g., to divert water from regions with an excess to regions with a deficit) is a major issue for the world to solve. For example, the Tibetan plateau generates 392.4 x 109 m3 of freshwater annually in the form of floods in downstream regions below the plateau, greatly harming people in the lower reaches of the many large Asian rivers that originate on the plateau. However, many rivers have been managed to capture billions of m3 of floodwater in their reservoirs. If we could use even half of this stored floodwater for irrigation, this would support cultivation and vegetation restoration in 31.1 x 106 ha surrounding these rivers, greatly increasing food security and improving the regional ecological environment through improved vegetation cover. However, the plateau's water distribution shows obvious regional heterogeneity and seasonal variation that must be accounted for. Rational utilization of the plateau's water resources could potentially improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people, but serious risks must be avoided to achieve this goal. By analyzing the benefits and risks of utilizing the plateau's water resources, we provide guidance for future utilization of this water and suggest future research directions. The countries around the plateau and researchers from around the world should form a multidisciplinary international organization to comprehensively examine the proposals for floodwater use and ensure safe utilization of this water. It is essential to establish a transnational water resource management organization to balance the interests of the different regions and countries that depend on Tibetan Plateau water to reduce the risk of political conflict and of adverse environmental consequences.
英文关键词	Poverty Food security Water scarcity Ecological restoration Sustainable development Environmental conservation
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001012704000001
WOS关键词	TRANSFER PROJECT ; SOUTH-ASIA ; CHINA ; MANAGEMENT ; FLOOD ; PRECIPITATION ; POVERTY ; FOOD ; AFFORESTATION ; ESTABLISHMENT
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Soil Science ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Geology ; Agriculture ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/395694
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Suo, Xinhao,Yu, Zhongqi,Cao, Shixiong. Utilizing water resources from the Tibetan Plateau: Benefits, risks, and future research requirements[J],2023,230.
APA	Suo, Xinhao,Yu, Zhongqi,&Cao, Shixiong.(2023).Utilizing water resources from the Tibetan Plateau: Benefits, risks, and future research requirements.CATENA,230.
MLA	Suo, Xinhao,et al."Utilizing water resources from the Tibetan Plateau: Benefits, risks, and future research requirements".CATENA 230(2023).