Evaluating Beijing's human carrying capacity from the perspective of water resource constraints

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1297-1304

  Zhang, Yingxuan ^a   Chen, Min ^b   Zhou, Wenhua ^a   Zhuang, Changwei ^a   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Regional water resources; Sustainable urban development; Urban population carrying capacity; Water resource management

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 77955503732     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60253-9     Document Type: Article

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