Lifting China's water spell

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11048-11056

  Guan, Dabo ^a,b,c   Hubacek, Klaus ^d   Tillotson, Martin ^b   Zhao, Hongyan ^c   Liu, Weidong ^e   Liu, Zhu ^f   Liang, Sai ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INVESTMENTS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

DISCHARGE DRIVEN; DISTRIBUTED WATER; EFFLUENT WATERS; FRESH WATER CONSUMPTION; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; STRUCTURAL DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; OXYGEN; WATER;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; GEOACCUMULATION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INVESTMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHINA; DECOMPOSITION; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUID INTAKE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HOUSEHOLD; HYDROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECONOMICS;

CHINA;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; CHINA; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907929420     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501379n     Document Type: Article

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