Estimation of awareness and perception of water scarcity among farmers in the Guanzhong Plain, China, by means of a structural equation model

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-62

  Tang, Jianjun ^a   Folmer, Henk ^a,b   Xue, Jianhong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Awareness; China; Perception; Structural equation modeling; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

FARMS; WATER SUPPLY;

AWARENESS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL NORM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TIME-SPENT; WATER PRICES; WATER SCARCITY;

IRRIGATION;

WATER;

DATA SET; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESOURCE USE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POLICY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; GUANZHONG PLAIN; SHAANXI;

EID: 84877829951     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.051     Document Type: Article

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