Temporal Variability of Water Footprint for Maize Production: The Case of Beijing from 1978 to 2008

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2447-2463

  Sun, S K ^a,b,c,d   Wu, P T ^a,b,c   Wang, Y B ^b,c   Zhao, X N ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Engineering Research Center of Water Saving and Irrigation Technology   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Blue water; Climate change; Green water; Grey water; Maize; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BLUE WATER; GREEN WATER; GREY WATERS; MAIZE; WATER FOOTPRINT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876446387     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0296-1     Document Type: Article

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