Optional water development strategies for the Yellow River Basin: Balancing agricultural and ecological water demands

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Cai, Ximing ^a,b,c   Rosegrant, Mark W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Irrigation; Policies; River basin planning; Water resources management; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RIVERS;

RIVER BASINS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSFER;

WATER RESOURCES;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; POLICY STRATEGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 4544314812     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002488     Document Type: Article

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