Assessing regional virtual water flows and water footprints in the Yellow River Basin, China: A consumption based approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 691-701

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a,b   Siu, Yim Ling ^b,c   Guan, Dabo ^b   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Consumption based accounting; Input output analysis; Supply chains; Virtual water flow; Water footprints; Water scarcity; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; IMPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 80052084137     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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