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Solid bar: Water exploitation index without water abstraction for energy cooling; dotted bar: WEI based on total water abstraction.
Urban water use per capita per year is based on the total population of a country rather than the population that is connected to the urban water supply
Number of river monitoring stations included in analysis noted in brackets
Number of days with water temperature higher than 23 oC in the river Rhine (Lobith, the Netherlands) 1909-2003
Population exposed to droughts in Europe (1980-2000)
Case studies in water-sensitive regions of the Alps
This index is one of the components of the sensitivity to desertification index
It should be noted that the lack of consistent or reliable data from the marine conventions or EEA counties inhibits adequate assessment of concentrations and trends of hazardous substances in European marine water
Unit = ha
Urban water use per capita per year is based on the total population of a country rather than the population that is connected to the urban water supply
One map per Mediterranean country.
For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/find/global or scan the QR code.
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