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Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact of international trade on local water depletion and pollution and identifies “water dependent” nations.
  • Examines the critical link between water management and international trade, considering how local water depletion and pollution are often closely tied to the structure of the global economy
  • Offers a consumer-based indicator of each nation’s water use: the water footprint
  • Questions whether trade can enhance global water use efficiency, or whether it simply shifts the environmental burden to a distant location
  • Highlights the hidden link between national consumption and the use of water resources across the globe, identifying the threats facing ‘water dependent’ countries worldwide
  • Provides a state-of-the-art review and in-depth data source for a new field of knowledge

Globalization of Water: Sharing the Planet's Freshwater Resources

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Hardback by Arjen Y. Hoekstra , Ashok K. Chapagain

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Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the... Read more

    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 27/12/2007
    ISBN13: 9781405163354, 978-1405163354
    ISBN10: 1405163356

    Number of Pages: 232

    Non Fiction , Earth Sciences, Geography & Environment , Education

    Description

    Globalization of Water is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact of international trade on local water depletion and pollution and identifies “water dependent” nations.
    • Examines the critical link between water management and international trade, considering how local water depletion and pollution are often closely tied to the structure of the global economy
    • Offers a consumer-based indicator of each nation’s water use: the water footprint
    • Questions whether trade can enhance global water use efficiency, or whether it simply shifts the environmental burden to a distant location
    • Highlights the hidden link between national consumption and the use of water resources across the globe, identifying the threats facing ‘water dependent’ countries worldwide
    • Provides a state-of-the-art review and in-depth data source for a new field of knowledge

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