Virtual water in interprovincial trade with implications for China's water policy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 655-665

  Jiang, Yongkai ^a   Cai, Wenjia ^a   Du, Pengfei ^a   Pan, Wenqing ^b   Wang, Can ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Driving force; Multi regional inputeoutput model; Virtual water; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; DRIVING FORCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER DISPLACEMENT; WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION; WATER SCARCITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84924011688     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.074     Document Type: Article

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