Determinants of virtual water flows in the Mediterranean

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 1054-1062

  Fracasso, Andrea ^a   Sartori, Martina ^a,b   Schiavo, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Mediterranean countries; Virtual water trade; Weighted average least square

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COSTS; HYDRAULICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; IRRIGATION;

BAYESIAN MODEL AVERAGING; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; LEAST SQUARE; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MODEL SELECTION PROCEDURES; SEQUENTIAL APPROACH; VIRTUAL WATER TRADE;

FLOW OF WATER;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; TRADE FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84923172158     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.02.059     Document Type: Article

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