Uncovering regional disparity of China's water footprint and inter-provincial virtual water flows

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 500-501, Issue , 2014, Pages 120-130

  Dong, Huijuan ^a,c   Geng, Yong ^b,c   Fujita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujii, Minoru ^a   Hao, Dong ^d   Yu, Xiaoman ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IRIO; Regional disparity; Trade balance; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER RESOURCES;

IRIO; REGIONAL DISPARITIES; TRADE BALANCE; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT;

COMMERCE;

EXPORT; IMPORT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; TRADE FLOW; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; WATER CONTENT; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907623863     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.094     Document Type: Article

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