Understanding the water crisis in Northern China: What the government and farmers are doing

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-158

  Wang, Jinxia ^a   Huang, Jikun ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Huang, Qiuqiong ^c   Zhang, Lijuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; FIELD SURVEYS; GROUND WATER TABLES; NORTHERN CHINAS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; REGULATIONS AND POLICIES; WATER CRISIS; WATER SCARCITIES; WATER TABLES;

AGRICULTURE;

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE SCARCITY; STAKEHOLDER; STATE ROLE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 59149084194     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900620802517566     Document Type: Article

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