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Water, Food and Welfare

Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico

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  • © 2016

Overview

  • Estimating a water footprint and a critical application of this methodology
  • Provides an overview of water management, water policies and institutions
  • Includes an analysis of the major factors affecting water resources in Mexico
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 23)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Linking Water Management, Food Policy and Welfare

  2. Pressures on Water Availability, Its Use and Welfare Effects

  3. Methodology for Analyzing Water Footprint and Virtual Water

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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Economic Research, National Autonomous Univ of Mexico, Mexico, Mexico

    Rosario Pérez-Espejo

  • Unidad Xochimilco, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico, Mexico

    Roberto M. Constantino-Toto, Hilda R. Dávila-Ibáñez

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