Water footprint assessment to inform water management and policy making in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 300-313

  Pahlow, M ^a   Snowball, J ^b   Fraser, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Water footprint assessment; Water management; Water policy

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS; EQUITABLE WATER ALLOCATIONS; GREEN AND BLUE WATERS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; VIRTUAL WATER TRADE; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER POLICIES; WATER POLLUTION LEVELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENCHMARKING; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DICOTYLEDON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLICY MAKING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

HELIANTHUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928121808     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v41i3.02     Document Type: Article

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