Water footprints of cities - Indicators for sustainable consumption and production

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 213-226

  Hoff, H ^a,b   Doll P ^c   Fader, M ^a,f   Gerten, D ^a   Hauser, S ^d   Siebert, S ^e  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS AND BENEFITS; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; DOMESTIC WATER USE; EXPORT PRODUCTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; VIRTUAL WATER-FLOW;

COMMERCE;

CROPS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPORT; IMPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER FLOW; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

BERLIN; DELHI; GERMANY; INDIA; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 84892712273     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-213-2014     Document Type: Article

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