Agriculture and groundwater development in northern China: Trends, institutional responses, and policy options

Water Policy

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 61-74

  Wang, Jinxia ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Huang, Qiuqiong ^b   Blanke, Amelia ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Groundwater resources; Institutional responses; Northern China; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846809315     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2007.045     Document Type: Article

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