The Water We Eat - Combining Virtual Water and Water Footprints (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)

This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world's economies lack sufficient water resources to secure their populations' food requirements and are thus virtual importers of water. One of the most inspiring cases, which this book is rooted in, is Italy: the third largest net virtual water importer on earth. The book also shows that the sustainability of water depends on the extent to which societies recognize and take into account its value and contribution to agricultural production. Due to the large volumes of water required for food production, water and food security are in fact inextricably linked. Contributions from leading international experts and scholars in the field use the concepts of virtual water and water footprints to explain this relationship, with an eye to the empirical examples of wine, tomato and pasta production in Italy. This book provides a valuable resource for all researchers, professionals, policymakers and everyone else interested in water and food security.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Water
Release date:	April 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Marta Antonelli • Francesca Greco
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	2015 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-16392-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General
LSN:	3-319-16392-2
Barcode:	9783319163925

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