Water resources transfers through Chinese interprovincial and foreign food trade

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 9774-9779

  Dalin, Carole ^a   Hanasaki, Naota ^b   Qiu, Huanguang ^c   Mauzerall, Denise L ^a,d   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; Sustainable agriculture; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FLOW; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRADE POLICY;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; COMMERCE; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERNATIONALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84903954490     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404749111     Document Type: Article

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