Analysis of intra-country virtual water trade strategy to alleviate water scarcity in Iran

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1417-1433

  Faramarzi, M ^a,b   Yang, H ^b   Mousavi, J ^c   Schulin, R ^d   Binder, C R ^e   Abbaspour, K C ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL PRODUCTION; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PATTERNS; DRIVING FORCES; FOOD POLICIES; FOOD PRODUCTION; LINEAR OPTIMIZATION MODEL; MIXED-INTEGER; MULTI OBJECTIVE; NATIONAL LEVEL; REGIONAL LEVELS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK; VIRTUAL WATER; VIRTUAL WATER TRADE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE;

CROPS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

COMMERCE;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; FOOD PRODUCTION; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; WHEAT;

IRAN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77955198628     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1417-2010     Document Type: Article

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