A three-scale input-output analysis of water use in a regional economy: Hebei province in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 962-974

  Liu, Siyuan ^a   Wu, Xudong ^b   Han, Mengyao ^c,d   Zhang, Jianjiao ^a   Chen, Bin ^b   Wu, Xiaofang ^b   Wei, Wendong ^e   Li, Zhi ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Embodied water; Hebei province; Input output analysis; Three scale

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; REGIONAL PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HEBEI PROVINCE; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUPPLY AND DEMAND CHAINS; THREE-SCALE; WATER - SAVINGS; WATER WITHDRAWAL;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 85019160318     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.083     Document Type: Article

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