The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. Since the publication of the first edition, the question of how to reduce our water footprint has become even more urgent. Freshwater scarcity is increasingly perceived as a global systemic risk and overconsumption of water is widespread. The water footprint, a concept founded by the author, is an indicator of direct and indirect freshwater use by a consumer or producer that can be used to analyze water usage along supply chains and assess the sustainability, efficiency and fairness of our water use. This new edition is fully revised and updated to reflect continued developments in this rapidly growing field of knowledge. New chapters are added covering the history of the water footprint concept; the environmental footprint of the human species versus planetary boundaries; and the human right to water as a foundation to equitable sharing. All other chapters are fully revised with new findings, applications and references, including major new research on energy, vegetarian diets and intelligent water allocation over competing demands. The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society is a key textbook for students of interdisciplinary water studies and those taking other related courses within the environmental sciences. It will also be of interest to those working in the governmental sector, environmental and consumer organizations, the business sector and UN institutions, where there is growing interest in the water footprint concept.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Earthscan Water Text
Release date:	July 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Arjen Y. Hoekstra
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-35477-7
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LSN:	1-138-35477-5
Barcode:	9781138354777

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