UID:
almahu_9948196930702882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 208 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations, maps (chiefly color)
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9780470696224
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0470696222
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9780470695470
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0470695471
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1282341839
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9781282341838
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9786612341830
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6612341831
Content:
Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact of international trade on local water depletion and pollution and identifies "water dependent" nations.Examines the critical link between water management and international trade, considering how local water depletion and pollution are often closely tied to the structure of the global economyOffers a consumer-based indicator of each nation's water use: the water footprintQuestions whether trade can enhance global.
Note:
Introduction -- How much water is used for producing our goods and services? -- Virtual-water flows between nations as a result of trade in agricultural and industrial products -- Water saving through international trade in agricultural products -- The water footprints of nations -- The water footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands -- Virtual- versus real-water transfers within China -- Assessing virtual-water flows between regions in China -- The water footprint of coffee and tea consumption -- The water footprint of cotton consumption -- Water as a geopolitical resource -- Efficient, sustainable, and equitable water use in a globalized world -- Appendices: I. Analytical framework for the assessment of virtual-water content, virtual-water flows, water savings, water footprints, and water dependencies -- II. Virtual-water flows per country related to international trade in crop, livestock, and industrial products -- III. National water savings and losses due to trade in agricultural products -- IV. Water footprints of nations -- Water footprint versus water scarcity, self-sufficiency, and water import dependency per country.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hoekstra, Arjen Y., 1967- Globalization of water. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008 ISBN 9781405163354
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470696224
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470696224
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470696224
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470696224
