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100 1 _aHoekstra, Arjen Y.,
_d1967-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe water footprint of modern consumer society /
_h[manuscript] /
_cby Arjen Hoekstra.
250 _aSecond Edition.
260 _bRoutledge, ;
_aLondon and New York:.,
_cc2020.
263 _a1111
264 1 _aAbingdon, Oxon ;
_aNew York, NY :
_bRoutledge
_c2019
300 _axxi, 272 pages cm ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface to the first edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgements -- The environmental footprint of the human species -- A brief history of water footprint thinking -- Why do we overexploit our limited freshwater resources? -- Drinking ten bathtubs of water a day -- Water for bread and pasta -- Meat and dairy, the biggest water users -- How our cotton clothes link to a disappearing sea -- The energy transition : how to combine carbon and water footprint reduction? -- The overseas water footprint of cut flowers -- The supply-chain water footprint of paper -- Sustainability: water footprint caps per water body -- Efficiency: water footprint benchmarks per product -- Equitability : fair water footprint shares per community -- Allocating the world's limited Freshwater resources -- Getting trade right -- Product transparency -- Who will be the heroes of change?
520 _a"Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. 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 organisations, the business sector and UN institutions, where there is growing interest in the water footprint concept"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aWater consumption
_xMeasurement.
650 0 _aIndustrial water supply.
650 0 _aWater-supply
_xAccounting.
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