Water, Food and Welfare | Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico

Rosario H. Perez-Espejo (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3319288229 / ISBN 13: 9783319288222

Published by Springer, 2016

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Water, Food and Welfare | Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico | Rosario H. Perez-Espejo (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace | xvii | Englisch | 2016 | Springer | EAN 9783319288222 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Water, Food and Welfare | Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319288229
• ISBN 13: 9783319288222
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 15D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 417 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

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.