Assessing water demands and coverage sensitivity to climate change in the urban and rural sectors in Central Chile

This research paper evaluates the impact of climate change on water demand and coverage within the urban and agricultural sectors of the Maipo Basin in Chile, utilizing a statistical downscaling mechanism and hydrological modeling to compare sectoral sensitivities and the role of groundwater pumping.

• Climate change, specifically significant changes in precipitation, affects the mean and minimum water coverage for both the agricultural and urban sectors in the Maipo Basin.
• The urban sector exhibits lower sensitivity to climate change than the agricultural sector due to its higher reliability standards and the fact that it possesses a larger proportion of water-use rights relative to its actual withdrawals.
• Groundwater pumping currently serves as a supplementary water source for population demands, though this may become unsustainable if climate change alters aquifer recharge dynamics.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2025). Assessing water demands and coverage sensitivity to climate change in the urban and rural sectors in Central Chile. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/assessing-water-demands-and-coverage-sensitivity-to-climate-change-in-the-urban-and-rural-sectors-in-central-chile/

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Assessing water demands and coverage sensitivity to climate change in the urban and rural sectors in Central Chile. 2025. https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/assessing-water-demands-and-coverage-sensitivity-to-climate-change-in-the-urban-and-rural-sectors-in-central-chile/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2025assessing, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Assessing water demands and coverage sensitivity to climate change in the urban and rural sectors in Central Chile}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://iai.int/es/pub_acad/assessing-water-demands-and-coverage-sensitivity-to-climate-change-in-the-urban-and-rural-sectors-in-central-chile/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }