Maite M Aldaya: 2 books
Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Spain
Policy Implications
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
1.1 General Framework In most arid and semi-arid countries, water resource management is an issue that is both important and controversial. Most water resources experts now acknowledge that water conflicts are not caused by physical scarcity but are mainly due to poor water management (Rosegrant et...
The Water Footprint Assessment Manual
Setting the Global Standard
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual...