Potential impact of climate change on future water demand in Yulin city, Northwest China

• Main Authors: Wang, Xiao-Jun, Zhang, Jian-Yun, Shamsuddin, Shahid, He, Rui-Min, Xia, Xing-Hui, Mou, Xin-Li
• Format: Article
• Published: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54957/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-013-9476-9

The objective of the paper is to assess the impacts of climate change, population growth and economic development on water demand of Yulin city located in Shaanxi Province of northwest China by using system dynamics approach. Total water consumption is divided into different sectors following the te...