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| Author(s): | A. Hoekstra and A. Chapagain |
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing |
| ISBN: | 9781405163354 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 208pp | |
| Price: | £24.99 |
| Review Date: | 31 January 2008 |
| Review: | This book focuses on the globalization of water resources management. It shows that water resource problems are often caused by mechanisms that can be understood only at a level far from that of the river basin. Water depletion and pollution are often closely linked to the structure of the global economy and are bound up with the world’s agricultural and industrial policies. There are chapters on: How much water is needed for producing goods and services?; Virtual water flows between nations as a result of trade in agricultural and industrial products; Water saving through international trade in agricultural products; The water footprint of nations; The water footprint of Morocco and the Netherlands; Virtual vs. real water flows between regions of China; The water footprint of coffee and tea consumption; The water footprint of cotton consumption; Water as a geopolitical force; and Efficient, sustainable and equitable water use in a globalized world. |