Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China

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

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1031-1035

  Zhao, Xu ^a   Liu, Junguo ^a   Liu, Qingying ^a   Tillotson, Martin R ^b   Guan, Dabo ^c   Hubacek, Klaus ^d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiregional input output analysis; Regional water stress; Virtual water; Water transfer

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLANT WATER USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER FLOW; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSFER;

EID: 84921819900     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404130112     Document Type: Article

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