The social and environmental costs associated with water management practices in state environmental protection projects in Xinjiang, China

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 970-980

  Shen, Yuling ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

China; Environmental protection; Irrigation agriculture; Water management; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70350705919     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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