Evaluating impacts of industrial transformation on water consumption in the Heihe River Basin of northwest China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8283-8296

  Wu, Feng ^a   Zhan, Jinyan ^a   Zhang, Qian ^b   Sun, Zhongxiao ^a   Wang, Zhan ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

CGE model; Industrial transformation; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; POLICY ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; GANSU; HEIHE BASIN;

EID: 84920722432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6118283     Document Type: Article

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