Water, Food and Welfare (eBook)

Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico

Rosario H. Perez-Espejo, Roberto M. Constantino-Toto, Hilda R. Davila-Ibanez (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2016
XVII, 252 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-28824-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses the following topics: the contemporary model for water management and alternative approaches; the socioeconomic framework, water policy and institutions; water use for food purposes, water-resources inventory and irrigation; manifestations of welfare loss and water prices; change in dietary patterns and water security; hydrological stress and pressures on water availability; groundwater management problems; vulnerability and climate change; water demand of major crops; gray water footprint and water pollution; gray water footprint and mining; virtual water and food trade; estimates of the water footprint of four key cereals, forage, livestock and bottled drinks. It is the result of a cooperation between 16 researchers from eleven Mexican academic institutions.

Inhalt

The contemporary model for water management and the alternative approaches.- Socioeconomic framework.- Water policy and institutions.- Water use for food purposes.- Water resources inventory and implications of irrigation modernization.- Manifestations of welfare loss.- Prices and water.- A strategy with limited effectiveness.- Water use pattern.- Change in the dietary pattern and water security.- Hydrological Stress and Pressures on Water Availability.- Problems associated to groundwater management.- Vulnerability and Climate Change.- Water demand of major crops.- A methodology.- Gray water footprint and water pollution.- Gray footprint and mining.- Impact of metal extraction on water.- Considerations on virtual water and agri-food trade.- Water footprint of four cereals in Irrigated District 011.- Forage water footprint in the Comarca Lagunera.- Water footprint in livestock.- Water footprint of bottled drinks of and food security.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.3.2016
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 252 p. 76 illus., 4 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Climate Change Management • food security • Water Footprint • Water Management • Water Policy • Water Resources policy • Welfare in Mexico
• ISBN-10: 3-319-28824-5 / 3319288245
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-28824-6 / 9783319288246