Virtual scarce water in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 7704-7713

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^a   Pfister, Stephan ^b   Yu, Yang ^a   Sun, Laixiang ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; VIRTUAL WATER-FLOW; WATER CONSUMPTION; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER-POOR REGION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

WATER;

INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUID INTAKE; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

CHINA; COMMERCE; ECOSYSTEM; WATER; WATER CYCLE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84904438968     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500502q     Document Type: Article

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