Progress in Water Footprint Assessment

• Main Author: Van Oel, Pieter (auth)
• Other Authors: Chapagain, Ashok K. (auth), Hoekstra, Arjen Y. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; effective rain; cabbage; urban area; water footprint benchmarks; value addition; threshold; Haihe River Basin; land footprint; irrigation intensity; environmental sustainability; water resources; virtual water trade; land use change; blue water footprint; embedded resource accounting; multi-level governance; soil type; cattle; crop water demand; lettuce; modelling; sustainability; water scarcity footprint; water scarcity; green water availability; root water uptake; water footprint; water productivity; South Africa; economic land productivity; crop trade; Amazon; Cerrado; wheat-bread; international trade; life cycle analysis; broccoli; value chain; oil palm (Eleasis guineensis); crop choice; water accounting; retail; Malawi; river basin management; Steenkoppies Aquifer; carrots; consumers; wheat; silk; soybean; water footprint assessment; CSR; sericulture; food self-sufficiency; water management; water footprint accounting; packhouse; economic water productivities; groundwater; consumption; Central Europe; maize; beetroot; economic water productivity; Mato Grosso; regulation; food security; water saving; crop ages
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

Water Footprint Assessment is a young research field that considers how freshwater use, scarcity, and pollution relate to consumption, production, and trade patterns. This book presents a wide range of studies within this new field. It is argued that collective and coordinated action - at different scale levels and along all stages of commodity supply chains - is necessary to bring about more sustainable, efficient, and equitable water use. The presented studies range from farm to catchment and country level, and show how different actors along the supply chain of final commodities can contribute to more sustainable water use in the chain.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (202 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-03921-039-8
9783039210398
9783039210381

Access

Open Access