Will the energy industry drain the water used for agricultural irrigation in the Yellow River basin?

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-80

  Xiang, Xiaozhi ^a,b   Svensson, Jesper ^c   Jia, Shaofeng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

energy industry; irrigation; Water demand; water supply; Yellow River basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURAL WATER; AGRICULTURE SECTORS; ENERGY INDUSTRY; INTER-BASIN WATER TRANSFER; LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES; WATER DEMAND; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

WATER RESOURCES;

IRRIGATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84961390558     PISSN: 07900627     EISSN: 13600648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1159543     Document Type: Article

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