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The water footprint of modern consumer society /

Hoekstra, Arjen Y., 1967-

The water footprint of modern consumer society / Arjen Y. Hoekstra. - xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-196) and index.

Drinking ten bathtubs of water a day -- Water for bread and pasta -- The meat eater, a big water user -- How our cotton clothes link to a disappearing sea -- Burning water: the water footprint of biofuels -- The overseas water footprint of cut flowers -- The supply-chain water footprint of paper -- Maximum sustainable water footprint per river basin -- Water-use efficiency -- Allocating the world's limited freshwater resources -- Getting trade right -- Product transparency -- Who will be the heroes of change?

9781849713030 9781849714273

2012045046


Water consumption--Measurement.
Industrial water supply.
Water-supply--Accounting.

TD345 / .H557 2013

333.91/13

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