Analyses of impacts of China's international trade on its water resources and uses

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2871-2880

  Zhang, Z Y ^a,b   Yang, H ^c   Shi, M J ^a,b   Zehnder, A J B ^d,e   Abbaspour, K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e Alberta Water Research Institute AWRI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GAINS; HIGH COSTS; INITIAL PROCESS; INPUT-OUTPUT; PRODUCTION CHAIN; VIRTUAL WATER; VIRTUAL WATER-FLOW; WATER SCARCE;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER FLOW; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84881032017     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2871-2011     Document Type: Article

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