Demand-driven water withdrawals by Chinese industry: a multi-regional input-output analysis

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-28

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Chen, Z M ^b   Zeng, L ^c   Qiao, H ^d   Chen, B ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese industry; embodied water use; interregional trade; multi regional input output analysis; water withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

EID: 84952988239     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-015-0505-8     Document Type: Article

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