Balancing water resource conservation and food security in China

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4588-4593

  Dalin, Carole ^a,b   Qiu, Huanguang ^c   Hanasaki, Naota ^d   Mauzerall, Denise L ^b,e   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food trade; Sustainable agriculture; Trade policy; Virtual water; Water saving

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; WATER RESOURCE CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRENDS; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; URBANIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84928039275     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504345112     Document Type: Article

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