Economic compensation standard for irrigation processes to safeguard environmental flows in the Yellow River Estuary, China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 482, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Pang, Aiping ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural water shortage; Economic compensation; Environmental flow; Temporal variation; Yellow River Estuary

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER; ECONOMIC COMPENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; IRRIGATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPENSATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTION COST; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY;

EID: 84873570379     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.12.050     Document Type: Article

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