Virtuous and vicious virtual water trade with application to Italy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Winter, Julia Anna ^a   Allamano, Paola ^a   Claps, Pierluigi ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ITALY; MARKETING; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; ITALY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84899636187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093084     Document Type: Article

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