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Journal article

Sustainability: Transfer project cannot meet China's water needs

J Barnett, S Rogers, M Webber, B Finlayson, M Wang

Nature | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1038/527295a

Abstract

Better local water management is the way to keep pace with escalating demands, not pumping water across the country, warn Jon Barnett and colleagues.

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Keywords

37 Earth Sciences
3801 Applied Economics
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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38 Economics
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