Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Water Ecological Footprint and Countermeasures for Water Sustainability in Japan.

Water-related problems are mostly caused by water imbalances between supply and demand. This study adopts the ecological footprint method to conduct an empirical study on the sustainable utilization of water resources in Japan. According to the basic principles and calculation methods of water ecological footprint (WEF), the characteristics of Japan's water ecological footprint were investigated from the time and space dimensions, and a comparative analysis was made with the water ecological footprint of China. The results show that: from 1980 to 2020, the total water ecological footprint in Japan showed a downward trend in both the traditional account and pollutant account, and its spatial pattern was characterized by the relation that the higher the urbanization rate, the larger the water ecological footprint. In terms of water ecological footprint efficiency, Japan's agricultural water ecological footprint efficiency was the lowest, and the domestic water ecological footprint efficiency was the highest. The water resources policies and measures that Japan and other developing countries should take to ensure the sustainability of water resources were analyzed separately.

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Yin Su, Qifang Zheng, Shenghai Liao. Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Water Ecological Footprint and Countermeasures for Water Sustainability in Japan. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Aug 20;19(16)

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PMID: 36012012

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