Water resource formation and conversion and water security in arid region of Northwest China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 939-952

  Chen, Yaning ^a   Li, Baofu ^a,b   Li, Zhi ^a   Li, Weihong ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arid areas; climate change; Northwest China; water resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977160712     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-016-1308-x     Document Type: Article

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