The land footprint of the EU bioeconomy: Monitoring tools, gaps and needs

M O'Brien, H Schütz, S Bringezu - Land Use Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
The bioeconomy is gaining growing attention as a perceived win-win strategy for
environment and economy in the EU. However, the EU already has a disproportionately …

Savings and losses of global water resources in food‐related virtual water trade

W Liu, M Antonelli, M Kummu, X Zhao… - Wiley …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
International food trade entails virtual water flows across trading partners. It has been
proposed to attenuate regional water scarcity by importing water‐intensive commodities …

Internal and external green-blue agricultural water footprints of nations, and related water and land savings through trade

M Fader, D Gerten, M Thammer… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2011 - hess.copernicus.org
The need to increase food production for a growing world population makes an assessment
of global agricultural water productivities and virtual water flows important. Using the …

The economic impact of more sustainable water use in agriculture: A computable general equilibrium analysis

A Calzadilla, K Rehdanz, RSJ Tol - Journal of Hydrology, 2010 - Elsevier
Agriculture is the largest consumer of freshwater resources–around 70 percent of all
freshwater withdrawals are used for food production. These agricultural products are traded …

[BUKU][B] Reclaiming food security

MS Carolan - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not
simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords …

Going against the flow: A critical analysis of inter-state virtual water trade in the context of India's National River Linking Program

S Verma, DA Kampman, P van der Zaag… - … of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 2009 - Elsevier
Virtual water trade has been promoted as a tool to address national and regional water
scarcity. In the context of international (food) trade, this concept has been applied with a …

Hybrid analysis of blue water consumption and water scarcity implications at the global, national, and basin levels in an increasingly globalized world

R Wang, J Zimmerman - Environmental Science & Technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
As the fifth global water footprint assessment, this study enhanced previous estimates of
national blue water consumption (including fresh surface and groundwater) and main …

[PDF][PDF] Water footprint: help or hindrance?

AK Chapagain, D Tickner - Water Alternatives, 2012 - water-alternatives.org
In response to increasing concerns about pressures on global water resources, researchers
have developed a range of water footprint concepts and tools. These have been deployed …

Virtual water 'flows' of the Nile Basin, 1998–2004: A first approximation and implications for water security

M Zeitoun, JAT Allan, Y Mohieldeen - Global Environmental Change, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper interprets an initial approximation of the 'trade'in virtual water of Nile Basin states
in terms of national water security. The virtual water content (on the basis of weight) of select …

Are virtual water “flows” in Spanish grain trade consistent with relative water scarcity?

P Novo, A Garrido, C Varela-Ortega - Ecological Economics, 2009 - Elsevier
Virtual water adds a new dimension to international trade, and brings along a new
perspective about water scarcity and water resource management. Most virtual water …