Virtual versus real water transfers within China

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1469, 2006, Pages 835-842

  Ma, Jing ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^b,c   Wang, Hao ^a   Chapagain, Ashok K ^b   Wang, Dangxian ^a  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Trade; Virtual water; Water footprint; Water transfer

Indexed keywords

WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845266141     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1644     Document Type: Review

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