Aqueduct Country and River Basin Rankings: A Weighted Aggregation of Spatially Distinct Hydrological Indicators

More and more countries around the world face high levels of water stress, but measuring and communicating that stress consistently is challenging. This paper ranks countries and river basins worldwide based on their exposure water-related risks. Specifically, it provides national and basin-level sc...

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Published in:Policy File 2013
Main Authors: Gassert, Francis, Reig, Paul, Luo, Tianyi, Maddocks, Andrew
Format: Report
Language:English
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Environment
World Resources Institute
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Summary:More and more countries around the world face high levels of water stress, but measuring and communicating that stress consistently is challenging. This paper ranks countries and river basins worldwide based on their exposure water-related risks. Specifically, it provides national and basin-level scores derived from more localized water-risk scores from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas. Rankings are available for 180 countries, the world's 100-largest river basins by area, and the planet's 100-most populous river basins for five different measures of water supply and demand.