Changes in water footprint of crop production in Beijing from 1978 to 2012: A logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition analysis

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2015, Pages 180-187

  Xu, Yanjie ^a   Huang, Kai ^a   Yu, Yajuan ^b   Wang, Xiaomeng ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Crop production; LMDI approach; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; WATER CONSERVATION;

BEIJING; CROP PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LMDI APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER SAVING TECHNOLOGY; WATER SUSTAINABILITY;

CROPS;

EID: 84925299587     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.08.103     Document Type: Article

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