A multi-region input-output analysis of global virtual water flows

Handbook of Research methods and Applications in Environmental Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 225-246

  Feng, Kuishuang ^a   Hubacek, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781783474646     Document Type: Chapter

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