Fig. 2: Future trajectories of human water demand, water availability, and water scarcity index (WSI) in the Yellow River Basin (YRB). | Communications Sustainability

Fig. 2: Future trajectories of human water demand, water availability, and water scarcity index (WSI) in the Yellow River Basin (YRB).

From: Yellow River Basin water stress has eased but may persist without enhanced efficiency and sustainable agriculture

Fig. 2

a Future projection for human water demand under the business-as-usual (BAU) and three tSSP-RCPs scenarios. Years marked with circles during the historical period are related to demand-side management strategies (details see Supplementary Fig. 13). Years marked with circles during the future period indicate significant turning points. b, c Future projection for water availability for humans and WSI under different scenarios in the YRB. Shading indicates the uncertainty across all simulation experiments within each scenario. In all panels, darker bands represent ±1 standard deviation around the mean, while lighter bands show the uncertainty range based on the 2.5th and 97.5th percentiles. Solid colored lines denote the mean value, and dashed lines indicate the 10-year moving average. Red shading denotes values exceeding the severe threshold.

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