The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability
The human influence on the global hydrological cycle is now the dominant force behind changes in water resources across the world and in regulating the resilience of the Earth system. The rise in human pressures on global freshwater resources is in par with other anthropogenic changes in the Earth s...
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| author | Rockström, Johan Falkenmark, M. Allan, T. Folke, C. Gordon, L. Jagerskog, A. Kummu, M. Lannerstad, Mats Meybeck, M. Molden, David J. Postel, S. Savenije, H.H.G. Svedin, U. Turton, A. Varis, O. |
| author_browse | Allan, T. Falkenmark, M. Folke, C. Gordon, L. Jagerskog, A. Kummu, M. Lannerstad, Mats Meybeck, M. Molden, David J. Postel, S. Rockström, Johan Savenije, H.H.G. Svedin, U. Turton, A. Varis, O. |
| author_facet | Rockström, Johan Falkenmark, M. Allan, T. Folke, C. Gordon, L. Jagerskog, A. Kummu, M. Lannerstad, Mats Meybeck, M. Molden, David J. Postel, S. Savenije, H.H.G. Svedin, U. Turton, A. Varis, O. |
| author_sort | Rockström, Johan |
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| description | The human influence on the global hydrological cycle is now the dominant force behind changes in water resources across the world and in regulating the resilience of the Earth system. The rise in human pressures on global freshwater resources is in par with other anthropogenic changes in the Earth system (from climate to ecosystem change), which has prompted science to suggest that humanity has entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. This paper focuses on the critical role of water for resilience of social-ecological systems across scales, by avoiding major regime shifts away from stable environmental conditions, and in safeguarding life-support systems for human wellbeing. It highlights the dramatic increase of water crowding: near-future challenges for global water security and expansion of food production in competition with carbon sequestration and biofuel production. It addresses the human alterations of rainfall stability, due to both land-use changes and climate change, the ongoing overuse of blue water, reflected in river depletion, expanding river basin closure, groundwater overexploitation and water pollution risks. The rising water turbulence in the Anthropocene changes the water research and policy agenda, from a water-resource efficiency to a water resilience focus. This includes integrated land and water stewardship to sustain wetness-dependent ecological functions at the landscape scale and a stronger emphasis on green water management for ecosystem services. A new paradigm of water governance emerges, encouraging land-use practices that explicitly take account of the multifunctional roles of water, with adequate attention to planetary freshwater boundaries and cross-scale interactions. |
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| language | Inglés |
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| spelling | CGSpace530462024-01-09T09:53:59Z The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability Rockström, Johan Falkenmark, M. Allan, T. Folke, C. Gordon, L. Jagerskog, A. Kummu, M. Lannerstad, Mats Meybeck, M. Molden, David J. Postel, S. Savenije, H.H.G. Svedin, U. Turton, A. Varis, O. water The human influence on the global hydrological cycle is now the dominant force behind changes in water resources across the world and in regulating the resilience of the Earth system. The rise in human pressures on global freshwater resources is in par with other anthropogenic changes in the Earth system (from climate to ecosystem change), which has prompted science to suggest that humanity has entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. This paper focuses on the critical role of water for resilience of social-ecological systems across scales, by avoiding major regime shifts away from stable environmental conditions, and in safeguarding life-support systems for human wellbeing. It highlights the dramatic increase of water crowding: near-future challenges for global water security and expansion of food production in competition with carbon sequestration and biofuel production. It addresses the human alterations of rainfall stability, due to both land-use changes and climate change, the ongoing overuse of blue water, reflected in river depletion, expanding river basin closure, groundwater overexploitation and water pollution risks. The rising water turbulence in the Anthropocene changes the water research and policy agenda, from a water-resource efficiency to a water resilience focus. This includes integrated land and water stewardship to sustain wetness-dependent ecological functions at the landscape scale and a stronger emphasis on green water management for ecosystem services. A new paradigm of water governance emerges, encouraging land-use practices that explicitly take account of the multifunctional roles of water, with adequate attention to planetary freshwater boundaries and cross-scale interactions. 2014-10 2015-01-19T11:09:19Z 2015-01-19T11:09:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/53046 en Open Access Wiley Rockström, J., Falkenmark, M., Allan, T., Folke, C., Gordon, L., Jägerskog, A., Kummu, M., Lannerstad, M., Meybeck, M., Molden, D., Postel, S., Savenije, H., Svedin, U., Turton, A. and Varis, O. 2014. The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: Towards resilience based perspective on water for global sustainability. Ecohydrology 7(5):1249-1261. |
| spellingShingle | water Rockström, Johan Falkenmark, M. Allan, T. Folke, C. Gordon, L. Jagerskog, A. Kummu, M. Lannerstad, Mats Meybeck, M. Molden, David J. Postel, S. Savenije, H.H.G. Svedin, U. Turton, A. Varis, O. The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title | The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title_full | The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title_fullStr | The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title_short | The unfolding water drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience-based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| title_sort | unfolding water drama in the anthropocene towards a resilience based perspective on water for global sustainability |
| topic | water |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/53046 |
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