Water, Food And Welfare: Water Footprint As A Complementary Approach To Water Management In Mexico
by Rosario H. Perez-Espejo /
2016 / English / PDF
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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.
