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Author:
Hoekstra, Arjen Y., 1967-
Title:
The water footprint of modern consumer society / Arjen Y. Hoekstra.
Publisher:
Earthscanfrom Routledge,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Water consumption--Measurement.
Industrial water supply.
Water-supply--Accounting.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-196) and index.
Contents:
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?
ISBN:
1849714274 (pbk)
9781849714273 (pbk)
1849713030 (hbk)
9781849713030 (hbk)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)709683048
LCCN:
2012045046
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)
OPAX566 -- Southeastern Community College - Keokuk - Fred Karre Memorial Library (Keokuk) — 333.9113 H693w
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

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