Cropping Pattern Modifications Change Water Resource Demands in the Beijing Metropolitan Area

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1914-1923

  HUANG, Jing ^a,b   Ridoutt, Bradley G ^b   XU, Chang chun ^a   ZHANG, Hai lin ^a   CHEN, Fu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue water use; Cropping pattern adjustment; Peri urban food production; Water consumption; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869474918     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60197-X     Document Type: Article

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