Blue water scarcity in the Black Sea catchment: Identifying key actors in the water-ecosystem-energy-food nexus

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2016, Pages 140-150

  Fasel, M ^a   Brethaut C ^a   Rouholahnejad, E ^b   Lacayo Emery, M A ^a   Lehmann, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Energy; Food; Nexus; Scarcity; Water

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BLACK SEA; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLUID BALANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84988810068     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.09.004     Document Type: Article

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