Water Footprint of Cereals and Vegetables for the Beijing Market: Comparison between Local and Imported Supplies

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-48

  Huang, Jing ^a   Ridoutt, Bradley G ^b   Zhang, Hailin ^a   Xu, Changchun ^a   Chen, Fu ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO's Sustainable Agriculture National Research FlagshipAnimal   (Australia)

Author keywords

Impact assessment; Industrial ecology; Land use change; Peri urban food production; Sustainable food systems; Water use

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; LIFE CYCLE; VEGETABLES; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SYSTEM; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND-USE CHANGE; WATER USE;

WATER POLLUTION;

CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; MEGACITY; VEGETABLE; WATER DEMAND; WATER FOOTPRINT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84894242768     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12037     Document Type: Article

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