China's south-to-north water transfer project: Is it needed?

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1312-1323

  He, Chansheng ^a   He, Xiaoying ^b   Fu, Li ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b XI'AN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77956634457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2010.00375.x     Document Type: Review

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