Water, Food and Welfare
Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book addresses the following topics: the contemporary model for water management and alternative approaches; the socioeconomic framework, water policy and institutions; water use for food purposes, water-resources inventory and irrigation;...
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This book addresses the following topics: the contemporary model for water management and alternative approaches; the socioeconomic framework, water policy and institutions; water use for food purposes, water-resources inventory and irrigation; manifestations of welfare loss and water prices; change in dietary patterns and water security; hydrological stress and pressures on water availability; groundwater management problems; vulnerability and climate change; water demand of major crops; gray water footprint and water pollution; gray water footprint and mining; virtual water and food trade; estimates of the water footprint of four key cereals, forage, livestock and bottled drinks. It is the result of a cooperation between 16 researchers from eleven Mexican academic institutions.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Water, Food and Welfare “
The contemporary model for water management and the alternative approaches.- Socioeconomic framework.- Water policy and institutions.- Water use for food purposes.- Water resources inventory and implications of irrigation modernization.- Manifestations of welfare loss.- Prices and water.- A strategy with limited effectiveness.- Water use pattern.- Change in the dietary pattern and water security.- Hydrological Stress and Pressures on Water Availability.- Problems associated to groundwater management.- Vulnerability and Climate Change.- Water demand of major crops.- A methodology.- Gray water footprint and water pollution.- Gray footprint and mining.- Impact of metal extraction on water.- Considerations on virtual water and agri-food trade.- Water footprint of four cereals in Irrigated District 011.- Forage water footprint in the Comarca Lagunera.- Water footprint in livestock.- Water footprint of bottled drinks of and food security.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2016, 1st ed. 2016, XVII, 252 Seiten, 4 farbige Abbildungen, Masse: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Rosario H. Perez-Espejo, Roberto M. Constantino-Toto, Hilda R. Davila-Ibanez
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3319288229
- ISBN-13: 9783319288222
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.03.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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