Description: 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.
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EAN: 9783319163925
UPC: 9783319163925
ISBN: 9783319163925
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Item Length: 23.4 cm
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Book Title: The Water We Eat: Combining Virtual Water and Water Footprints
Item Height: 235mm
Item Width: 155mm
Author: Marta Antonelli, Francesca Greco
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Nature, Sustainability, Management
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Ag
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 5266g
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
