Assessment of Water Resources Carrying Capacity for Sustainable Development Based on a System Dynamics Model: A Case Study of Tieling City, China

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 885-899

  Yang, Junfeng ^a,b   Lei, Kun ^b   Khu, Soonthiam ^c   Meng, Wei ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Carrying capacity; System dynamics; Water equilibrium; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES); POPULATION STATISTICS; SYSTEM THEORY;

ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES; NATURAL WATER RESOURCES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT METHODS; RAPID POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCES CARRYING CAPACITIES;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84925537342     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0849-y     Document Type: Article

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