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DOI	10.1038/s41893-020-00654-7
	Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development in the Indus basin
	Vinca A.; Parkinson S.; Riahi K.; Byers E.; Siddiqi A.; Muhammad A.; Ilyas A.; Yogeswaran N.; Willaarts B.; Magnuszewski P.; Awais M.; Rowe A.; Djilali N.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	331
结束页码	339
卷号	4 期号:4
英文摘要	With a rapidly growing population of 250 million, the Indus river basin in South Asia is one of the most intensively cultivated regions on Earth, highly water stressed and lacking energy security. Yet, most studies advising sustainable development policy have lacked multi-sectoral and cross-country perspectives. Here we show how the countries in the Indus basin could lower costs for development and reduce soil pollution and water stress by cooperating on water resources and electricity and food production. According to this analysis, Indus basin countries need to increase investments to US$10 billion per yr to mitigate water scarcity issues and ensure improved access to resources by 2050. These costs could shrink to US$2 billion per yr, with economic gains for all, if countries pursued more collaborative policies. Downstream regions would benefit most, with reduced food and energy costs and improved water access, while upstream regions would benefit from new energy investments. Using integrated water–energy–land analysis, this study quantifies the potential benefits of novel avenues to sustainable development arising from greater international cooperation. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Cost reduction; Cultivation; Economics; Energy security; Environmental protection; International cooperation; Investments; Planning; River pollution; Soil pollution; Sustainable development; Access to resources; Collaborative policy; Downstream region; Food production; Indus river basin; Potential benefits; Trans-boundary; Upstream region; Rivers
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/249805
作者单位	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada; Institute for Thermal Engineering, TU Graz, Graz, Austria; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States; Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA, United States; Center for Water Informatics and Technology, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan; TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi, India; Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Vinca A.,Parkinson S.,Riahi K.,et al. Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development in the Indus basin[J],2021,4(4).
APA	Vinca A..,Parkinson S..,Riahi K..,Byers E..,Siddiqi A..,...&Djilali N..(2021).Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development in the Indus basin.Nature Sustainability,4(4).
MLA	Vinca A.,et al."Transboundary cooperation a potential route to sustainable development in the Indus basin".Nature Sustainability 4.4(2021).