Valuing the impact of trade on local blue water

Ecological Economics

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-53

  Biewald, Anne ^a   Rolinski, Susanne ^a   Lotze Campen, Hermann ^a,b   Schmitz, Christoph ^a   Dietrich, Jan Philipp ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural trade; Blue and green water; Virtual water; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SIMULATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER PLANNING; WATER USE;

MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 84896097451     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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