Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F20%3A00523906" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/20:00523906 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1822-y" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1822-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41586-019-1822-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers
Original language description
Mountains are the water towers of the world, supplying a substantial part of both natural and anthropogenic water demands(1,2). They are highly sensitive and prone to climate change(3,4), yet their importance and vulnerability have not been quantified at the global scale. Here we present a global water tower index (WTI), which ranks all water towers in terms of their water-supplying role and the downstream dependence of ecosystems and society. For each water tower, we assess its vulnerability related to water stress, governance, hydropolitical tension and future climatic and socioeconomic changes. We conclude that the most important (highest WTI) water towers are also among the most vulnerable, and that climatic and socio-economic changes will affect them profoundly. This could negatively impact 1.9 billion people living in (0.3 billion) or directly downstream of (1.6 billion) mountainous areas. Immediate action is required to safeguard the future of the world's most important and vulnerable water towers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10503 - Water resources
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature
ISSN
0028-0836
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
577
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7790
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
364-369
UT code for WoS article
000509570100032
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85077591595