Globalisation of Water: Opportunities and Threats of Virtual Water Trade: Phd: Unesco-Ihe Institute, Delft

ISBN-13: 9781138424005 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

A. K. Chapagain

Opis

With trade between nations and continents, water is often used to produce goods that are exported. This book shows the water footprint of nations, a consumer based indicator of water use which can be used as a tool to understand the impact of local consumption on global water resources and the dependency of any country on external water resources.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. The Global Component of Freshwater Demand and Supply 4. Saving Water through Global Trade 5. Water Footprints of Nations: Water Use by People as a Function of their Consumption Pattern 6. Virtual Versus Real Water Transfers within China 7. The Water Footprint of Coffee and Tea Consumption 8. The Water Footprint of Cotton Consumption 9. Discussion

O autorze

A.K. Chapagain