Water shortages raised a legitimate concern over the sustainable development of the drylands of northern China: Evidence from the water stress index

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 590-591, Issue , 2017, Pages 739-750

  Li, Jingwei ^a   Liu, Zhifeng ^a   He, Chunyang ^a   Yue, Huanbi ^a   Gou, Siyuan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drylands of northern China; Sustainable development; Water shortage; Water stress index

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DYNAMICS; PLANNING;

IRRIGATED CROPLAND; LAND AREAS; MULTIPLE SCALE; NORTHERN CHINA; URBAN AREAS; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER STRESS; WATER STRESS INDICES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CROPLAND; DRYLAND; GEOGRAPHY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POPULATION DENSITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER STRESS; WATER STRESS INDEX; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA;

EID: 85015635226     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.037     Document Type: Article

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