Water footprint outcomes and policy relevance change with scale considered: Evidence from California

Water Resources Management

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 3637-3649

  Fulton, Julian ^a   Cooley, Heather ^b   Gleick, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical scale; California; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GROUNDWATER; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL SCALE; CALIFORNIA; HYDROLOGIC REGIONS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; VIRTUAL WATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMICS;

POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927804666     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0692-1     Document Type: Article

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