Water and poverty in rural China: Developing an instrument to assess the multiple dimensions of water and poverty

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 999-1009

  Cohen, Alasdair ^a   Sullivan, Caroline A ^b  

^a International Fund for Agricultural Development   (Italy)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Assessment; China; Indicators; Rural poverty; Water

Indexed keywords

POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PRIORITIZATION; RURAL AREA; WATER DEMAND;

CHINA;

EID: 77649340782     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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