Inter- and intra-annual variation of water footprint of crops and blue water scarcity in the Yellow River basin (1961-2009)

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-41

  Zhuo, La ^a   Mekonnen, Mesfin M ^a   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a   Wada, Yoshihide ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue water scarcity; Crop production; Inter and intra annual assessment; Maximum sustainable water footprint; Yellow River Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT; BLUE WATER; CROP PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE WATER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

WATER RESOURCES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION; PEAK FLOW; RESOURCE SCARCITY; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84947982940     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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