Global network of embodied water flow by systems input-output simulation

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-344

  Chen, Zhanming ^a   Chen, Guoqian ^b   Xia, Xiaohua ^a   Xu, Shiyun ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

embodied flow; international trade; water resources; world economy

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN APPROACH; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 84866172907     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-012-0305-3     Document Type: Article

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