Virtual water trade: An assessment of water use efficiency in the international food trade

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 443-454

  Yang, H ^a   Wang, L ^a   Abbaspour, K C ^a   Zehnder, A J B ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 33745615637     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-10-443-2006     Document Type: Review

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