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Globalization of water :

Hoekstra, Arjen Y., 1967-

Globalization of water : sharing the planet's freshwater resources / by Arjen Y. Hoekstra and Ashok K. Chapagain. - 1 online resource (xii, 208 pages, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps (chiefly color)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.

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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9780470696224 0470696222 9780470695470 0470695471

10.1002/9780470696224 doi

10.1002/9780470696224 Wiley InterScience http://www3.interscience.wiley.com


Water-supply--Management.
Water resources development.
Freshwater ecology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Real Estate--General.
Freshwater ecology.
Water resources development.
Water-supply--Management.
Wasserhaushalt.
Globalisierung.


Electronic books.

TD345 / .H54 2008eb

333.91

TD345 / .H54 2008

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