Hoekstra / Chapagain Globalization of Water

Sharing the Planet's Freshwater Resources
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-6019-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of thecritical relationship between globalization and sustainable watermanagement. It explores the impact of international trade on localwater depletion and pollution and identifies "waterdependent" nations.
* Examines the critical link between water management andinternational trade, considering how local water depletion andpollution are often closely tied to the structure of the globaleconomy
* Offers a consumer-based indicator of each nation's wateruse: the water footprint
* Questions whether trade can enhance global water useefficiency, or whether it simply shifts the environmental burden toa distant location
* Highlights the hidden link between national consumption and theuse of water resources across the globe, identifying the threatsfacing 'water dependent' countries worldwide
* Provides a state-of-the-art review and in-depth data source fora new field of knowledge

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hoekstra, Arjen Y.

Chapagain, Ashok K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps.
Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. How much Water is used for Producing our Goods andServices?.
3. Virtual-Water Flows between Nations as a Result of Trade inAgricultural and Industrial Products.
4. Water Saving through International Trade in AgriculturalProducts.
5. The Water Footprints of Nations.
6. The Water Footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands.
7. Virtual- versus Real-Water Transfers within China.
8. The Water Footprint of Coffee and Tea Consumption.
9. The Water Footprint of Cotton Consumption.
10. Water as a Geopolitical Resource.
11. Efficient, Sustainable, and Equitable Water Use in aGlobalized world.
Appendix I. Analytical Framework for the Assessment ofVirtual-Water content, Virtual-Water Flows, Water Savings, WaterFootprints, and Water Dependencies.
Appendix II. Virtual-Water Flows per Country Related toInternational Trade in Crop, Livestock, and IndustrialProducts.
Appendix III. National Water Savings and Losses due to Trade inAgricultural Products.
Appendix IV. Water Footprints of Nations.
Appendix V. Water Footprint versus Water Scarcity,Self-Sufficiency, and Water Import Dependency per Country.
Glossary.
References.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Arjen Y. Hoekstra has academic and professional experiencein the field of integrated water resources management in variouscountries and is currently Professor of Multidisciplinary WaterManagement at the University of Twente, the Netherlands.
Ashok K. Chapagain has been an irrigation engineer inNepal, received his PhD degree at the UNESCO-IHE Institute forWater Education in Delft, the Netherlands, was employed asresearcher at the University of Twente, and currently works for theWorld Wide Fund for Nature in the UK.