Assessing regional and global water footprints for the UK

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1140-1147

  Yu, Yang ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^b,c   Feng, Kuishuang ^b   Guan, Dabo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backward and forward linkages; Domestic water footprint; Location quotient; Regional input output tables; Sustainable consumption and production; Total water footprint; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IMPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649273046     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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