WATER CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION ANALYSIS

• Autor(a) principal: Stamm, Cristiano
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informe Gepec (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/gepec/article/view/29860
• topic: Consumo de água; Crescimento econômico; Revisão Bibliométrica.; Water consumption; Economic growth; Bibliometric Review.; Consumo de agua; Crecimiento economico; Revisión Bibliométrica.

Water consumption is strategic for regions economic growth and development. As a fundamental element in this process, water becomes the object of several studies due to its scarcity in certain regions, especially urban areas that have had rapid growth and are undergoing a development process. The aim of this work is to identify studies on water consumption and its relationship with economic growth. Methodologically, a bibliometric analysis was used. After defining the search strings and the Web of Science and Scopus databases, all the papers found were analysed, the tables, graphs and figures that supported the analyses were made by Excel, Iramuteq and Qgis software. From the total of 56 articles analysed, it was possible to observe that the vast majority of authors were Chinese and the geographic area of interest is also highlighted by the cities and regions of China. The journals in which the articles were published are distributed in several countries, with no concentration. The first paper dates from 1998, and it is easy to notice a growing number of works over the years. The last 6 years of analysis concentrate 66% of the studies found, which shows the current interest on the subject. Through the similarity analysis, it was possible to observe the most relevant words and their connections in addition to the formation of 10 clusters of words. Finally, this is a multidisciplinary theme, which is a research object in several areas, and can be studied more specifically, through the generated clusters.