Refuting two claims about virtual water trade

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2027-2032

  Ansink, Erik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict and cooperation; International trade; Virtual water; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 77954621548     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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