Research Output per year
Research Output
2020
China's sustainable water-energy-food nexus by 2030 : Impacts of urbanization on sectoral water demand
Niva, V., Cai, J., Taka, M., Kummu, M. & Varis, O., 1 Apr 2020, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 251, 119755.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Quenching the thirst of rapidly growing and water-insecure cities in sub-Saharan Africa
Niasse, M. & Varis, O., 3 Mar 2020, In : International Journal of Water Resources Development. 36, 2-3, p. 505-527 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
2019
Can There be Water Scarcity with Abundance of Water? Analyzing Water Stress during a Severe Drought in Finland
Ahopelto, L., Veijalainen, N., Guillaume, J. H. A., Keskinen, M., Marttunen, M. & Varis, O., 2 Mar 2019, In : Sustainability . 11, 6, 18 p., 1548.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Enhancing Security, Sustainability and Resilience in Energy, Food and Water
Keskinen, M., Sojamo, S. & Varis, O., 17 Dec 2019, In : Sustainability . 11, 24, 8 p., 7244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Integrated assessment of resource-energy-environment nexus in China's iron and steel industry
Zhang, S., Yi, B-W., Worrell, E., Wagner, F., Crijns-Graus, W., Purohit, P., Wada, Y. & Varis, O., 20 Sep 2019, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 232, p. 235-249 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Rural-Urban Migration and the Growth of Informal Settlements : A Socio-Ecological System Conceptualization with Insights Through a "Water Lens"
Niva, V., Taka, M. & Varis, O., 2 Jun 2019, In : Sustainability . 11, 12, 16 p., 3487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The demanding quest for harmony : China's polarizing freshwater resilience map
Varis, O. & Kummu, M., 13 May 2019, In : Environmental Research Letters. 14, 5, 9 p., 054015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The Planet's Stressed River Basins : Too Much Pressure or Too Little Adaptive Capacity?
Varis, O., Taka, M. & Kummu, M., 1 Oct 2019, In : Earth's Future. 7, 10, p. 1118-1135 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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2018
Corrigendum to 'Sediment-related impacts due to upstream reservoir trapping, the Lower Mekong River' (vol 85, pg 275, 2007)
Kummu, M. & Varis, O., 15 Feb 2018, 1 p. Elsevier.Research output: Other contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Discussion of "Challenges in operationalizing the water-energy-food nexus"
Varis, O. & Keskinen, M., 10 Sep 2018, In : HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES. 63, 12, p. 1863-1865 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Scientific › peer-review
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Exposure and resilience of China’s cities to floods and droughts : a double-edged sword
Cai, J., Kummu, M., Niva, V., Guillaume, J. H. A. & Varis, O., 2018, In : International Journal of Water Resources Development. 34, 4, p. 547-565 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Greenhouse gas emissions of hydropower in the Mekong River Basin
Räsänen, T. A., Varis, O., Scherer, L. & Kummu, M., 1 Mar 2018, In : Environmental Research Letters. 13, 3, 034030.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Impacts of urbanization on water use and energy-related CO2 emissions of residential consumption in China : A spatio-temporal analysis during 2003-2012
Cai, J., Yin, H. & Varis, O., 1 Sep 2018, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 194, p. 23-33 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Population Megatrends and Water Management
Varis, O., 2018, Assessing Global Water Megatrends. p. 41-59 19 p. (Water Resources Development and Management).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Towards resilient flood risk management for Asian coastal cities: Lessons learned from Hong Kong and Singapore
Chan, F. K. S., Chuah, C. J., Ziegler, A. D., Dąbrowski, M. & Varis, O., 20 Jun 2018, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 187, p. 576-589 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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2017
Bringing it all together : linking measures to secure nations’ food supply
Kummu, M., Fader, M., Gerten, D., Guillaume, J. HA., Jalava, M., Jägermeyr, J., Pfister, S., Porkka, M., Siebert, S. & Varis, O., 1 Dec 2017, In : Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29, p. 98-117 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
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China’s water resources vulnerability: A spatio-temporal analysis during 2003-2013
Cai, J., Varis, O. & Yin, H., 2017, In : Journal of Cleaner Production. 142, p. 2901-2910 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Four dimensions of water security with a case of the indirect role of water in global food security
Varis, O., Keskinen, M. & Kummu, M., 2017, In : Water Security. 1, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
2016
An evaluation of the Standardized Precipitation Index for assessing inter-annual rice yield variability in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna region
Kattelus, M., Salmivaara, A., Mellin, I., Varis, O. & Kummu, M., 1 Apr 2016, In : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. 36, 5, p. 2210-2222 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Diet change and food loss reduction: What is their combined impact on global water use and scarcity?
Jalava, M., Guillaume, J. H. A., Kummu, M., Porkka, M., Siebert, S. & Varis, O., Mar 2016, In : Earth's Future. 4, 3, p. 62-78 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Facilitating bricolage through more organic institutional designs? The case of water users’ associations in rural Nepal
Haapala, J., Rautanen, S-L., White, P., Keskinen, M. & Varis, O., 2016, In : THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE COMMONS. 10, 2, p. 1172–1201 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Impacts of industrial transition on water use intensity and energy-related carbon intensity in China: A spatio-temporal analysis during 2003–2012
Cai, J., Yin, H. & Varis, O., 1 Dec 2016, In : Applied Energy. 183, p. 1112-1122 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Introduction: Water and security in central Asia-solving a rubik's cube
Stucki, V., Wegerich, K., Rahaman, M. M. & Varis, O., 8 Apr 2016, Water and Security in Central Asia: Solving a Rubik's Cube. p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword / postscript › Scientific › peer-review
Managing the water-energy-food nexus: Gains and losses from new water development in Amu Darya River Basin
Jalilov, S. M., Keskinen, M., Varis, O., Amer, S. & Ward, F. A., 1 Aug 2016, In : Journal of Hydrology. 539, p. 648-661 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Over the hills and further away from coast: Global geospatial patterns of human and environment over the 20th-21st centuries
Kummu, M., De Moel, H., Salvucci, G., Viviroli, D., Ward, P. J. & Varis, O., 3 Mar 2016, In : Environmental Research Letters. 11, 3, 15 p., 034010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Potential and pitfalls of frugal innovation in the water sector: Insights from Tanzania to global value chains
Hyvärinen, A., Keskinen, M. & Varis, O., 2 Sep 2016, In : SUSTAINABILITY. 8, 9, p. 1-16 16 p., 888.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges
Zeitoun, M., Lankford, B., Krueger, T., Forsyth, T., Carter, R., Hoekstra, A. Y., Taylor, R., Varis, O., Cleaver, F., Boelens, R., Swatuk, L., Tickner, D., Scott, C. A., Mirumachi, N. & Matthews, N., 1 Jul 2016, In : Global Environmental Change: Human and Policy Dimensions. 39, p. 143-154 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Riskit hallintaan vesi-energia-ruoka –nexuksen avulla?
Keskinen, M., Rekolainen, S., Sojamo, S. & Varis, O., 2016, In : VESITALOUS. 57, 4, p. 24-26Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Socio-Economic Changes in Cambodia’s Unique Tonle Sap Lake Area: A Spatial Approach
Salmivaara, A., Kummu, M., Varis, O. & Keskinen, M., 2016, In : APPLIED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND POLICY. 9, 3, p. 413-432 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The major central asian river basins: An assessment of vulnerability
Varis, O. & Kummu, M., 8 Apr 2016, Water and Security in Central Asia: Solving a Rubik's Cube. p. 39-58 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
The vulnerability of thermoelectric power generation to water scarcity in China: Current status and future scenarios for power planning and climate change
Zheng, X., Wang, C., Cai, W., Kummu, M. & Varis, O., 1 Jun 2016, In : Applied Energy. 171, p. 444-455 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The water-energy-food nexus and the transboundary context: Insights from large Asian rivers
Keskinen, M., Guillaume, J. H. A., Kattelus, M., Porkka, M., Räsänen, T. A. & Varis, O., 2016, In : WATER. 8, 5, p. 1-25 193.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Water and security in Central Asia: Solving a Rubik's Cube
Stucki, V., Wegerich, K., Rahaman, M. M. & Varis, O., 8 Apr 2016, 187 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Water-energy-food nexus in Large Asian River Basins
Keskinen, M. & Varis, O., 12 Oct 2016, In : WATER. 8, 10, 446.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific › peer-review
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2015
China’s southbound transboundary river basins: a case of asymmetry
Kattelus, M., Kummu, M., Keskinen, M., Salmivaara, A. & Varis, O., 2015, In : Water International. 40, 1, p. 113-118Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Exploring the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem in Spatial Water Assessments: A Case of Water Shortage in Monsoon Asia
Salmivaara, A., Porkka, M., Kummu, M., Keskinen, M., Guillaume, J. H. A. & Varis, O., 2015, In : WATER. 7, 3, p. 898-917Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Hydropower development in Myanmar and its implications on regional energy cooperation
Kattelus, M., Rahaman, M. M. & Varis, O., 2015, In : International Journal of Sustainable Society. 7, 1, p. 42-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Sharing benefits in transboundary rivers: an experimental case study of Central Asian water-energy-agriculture nexus
Jalilov, S-M., Varis, O. & Keskinen, M., 2015, In : WATER. 7, 9, p. 4778-4805Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Transferable Principles for Managing the Nexus: Lessons from Historical Global Water Modelling of Central Asia
Guillaume, J. H. A., Kummu, M., Eisner, S. & Varis, O., 2015, In : WATER. 7, 8, p. 4200-4231Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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2014
A conceptual model to guide exploration of global food-water security
Guillaume, J. H. A., Kummu, M., Porkka, M. & Varis, O., 2014, 7th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, San Diego, CA, USA, June 15-19, 2014. Ames, D. P., Quinn, N. W. T. & Rizzoli, A. E. (eds.). San Diego, California: International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), p. 2210-2217Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
China's stressed waters: Societal and environmental vulnerability in China's internal and transboundary river systems
Varis, O., Kummu, M., Lehr, C. & Shen, D., 2014, In : Applied Geography. 53, p. 105-116Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Climate-driven interannual variability of water scarcity in food production potential: A global analysis
Kummu, M., Gerten, D., Heinke, J., Konzmann, M. & Varis, O., 5 Feb 2014, In : Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 18, 2, p. 447-461 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Curb vast water use in central Asia
Varis, O., 2014, In : Nature. 514, 7520, p. 27-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Scientific › peer-review
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Citations
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Diet change - a solution to reduce water use ?
Jalava, M., Kummu, M., Porkka, M., Siebert, S. & Varis, O., 2014, In : Environmental Research Letters. 9, 7, p. 1-14 074016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Integrated Water Resources Management: Horizontal and vertical explorations and the “Water in All Policies” approach
Varis, O., Enckell, K. & Keskinen, M., 2014, In : International Journal of Water Resources Development. 30, 3, p. 433-444Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Myanmar under reform: Emerging pressures on water, energy and food security
Kattelus, M., Rahaman, M. M. & Varis, O., 2014, In : Natural Resources Forum. 38, 2, p. 85-98 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Myanmar under reform: Emerging pressures along the water - energy - food nexus
Kattelus, M., Rahaman, M. M. & Varis, O., 2014, In : Natural Resources Forum. 38, 2, p. 85-98Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The Unfolding Water Drama in the Anthropocene: towards a resilience based perspective on water for global sustainability
Rockström, J., Falkenmark, M., Allan, T., Folke, C., Gordon, L., Jägerskog, A., Kummu, M., Lannerstad, M., Meybeck, M., Molden, D., Postel, S., Savenije, H., Svedin, U., Turton, A. & Varis, O., 2014, In : JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGIC ENGINEERING. 7, 5, p. 1249-1261Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
2013
From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: a historical analysis of global food availability
Porkka, M., Kummu, M., Siebert, S. & Varis, O., 2013, In : PloS one. 8, 12, p. 1-12 e82714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: A historical analysis of global food system
Porkka, M., Kummu, M., Siebert, S. & Varis, O., 2013, p. poster.Research output: Working paper › Professional