2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of Environmental Indicators for Water Resources Management in River Basin and Analysis of Environmental Communication Function
| Project/Area Number |
20710033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
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| Research Institution | Fukushima University |
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Principal Investigator |
GOTO Shinobu 福島大学, 共生システム理工学類, 准教授 (70334000)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 仮想集水域 / 流域 / 環境指標 / 環境コミュニケーション |
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| Research Abstract |
In order to evaluate the environmental loads by human usage of water resources in and out of river basin, Virtual Catchment Area(VCA) indicator was developed in this research. VCA indicator is the conceptual indicator that estimates the overall impact of human consumption on freshwater resources in and out of river basin. As results of application VCA indicator to several branch watersheds in Abukuma river basin, virtual water usage overshoots the amount of available water resources.
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