Anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus emissions and related grey water footprints caused by EU-27's crop production and consumption

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Mekonnen, Mesfin M ^a   Lutter, Stephan ^b   Martinez, Aldo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

Consumption; Diffuse pollution; Grey water footprint; Multi regional input output analysis; Nitrogen and phosphorus emission

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION;

CONSUMPTION; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; GREY WATERS; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER POLLUTION;

SPAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84958753038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8010030     Document Type: Article

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