Comprehensive evaluation of water use in agricultural production: A case study in Hetao Irrigation District, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 4569-4575

  Sun, Shikun ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^a,b   Wu, Pute ^a,b   Wang, Yubao ^a,b   Zhao, Xining ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaohong ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^c The Administration of Hetao irrigation district of Inner Mongolia   (China)

Author keywords

Hetao Irrigation District; Sustainability; Water accounting; Water footprint; Water use assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRRIGATION; PROFITABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HETAO IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; WATER ACCOUNTINGS; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER USE;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84959469059     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.123     Document Type: Article

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