The Water Footprint Assessment Manual : Setting the Global Standard.

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People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aldaya, Maite M.
Otros Autores: Chapagain, Ashok K., Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Mekonnen, Mesfin M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Water consumption > Measurement.
Water consumption > Environmental aspects.
Water-supply > Accounting.
Eau > Consommation > Aspect de l'environnement.
Water consumption > Environmental aspects
Water consumption > Measurement
Water-supply > Accounting
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. Indirect use refers to the 'virtual water' embedded in tradable goods and commodities, such as cereals, sugar or cotton. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:9781136538520
1136538526

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