Bioenergy and water - The implications of large-scale bioenergy production for water use and supply

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 253-271

  Berndes, Göran ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOMASS POWER; ENERGY CROP; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 0036893383     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(02)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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