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The blue water footprint of electricity from hydropower [PDF]

, 2012
Hydropower accounts for about 16% of the world's electricity supply. It has been debated whether hydroelectric generation is merely an in-stream water user or whether it also consumes water.
M. M. Mekonnen, Hoekstra, Arjen Ysbert, A. Y. Hoekstra, Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Mekonnen, Mesfin   +4 more
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What role does agriculture play in irrigation water footprint consumption? A perspective based on sectoral linkage and structural path

Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study region: China Study focus: This study employs a novel three-module analytical framework to appraise the linkage effects and structural paths associated with the irrigation water footprint in the agricultural sector from 2002 to 2020.
Xiaoling Li, Yu Song
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The Virtual Water Footprint of Denmark: An Application of the Water Footprint Methodology [PDF]

, 2012
Rent ferskvand er en forudsætning for alt liv, men stigende global efterspørgsel på vand og stigende forurening afvand bringer ressourcen i fare. Formålet med denne rapport er, at undersøge om vandfodsporsanalyser kanbidrage med ny viden, og derved bane ...
Bidstrup, Morten, Ramsheva, Yana
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Progress in water footprint assessment: Towards collective action in water governance [PDF]

, 2019
We introduce ten studies in the field of water footprint assessment (WFA) that are representative of the type of papers currently being published in this broad interdisciplinary field.
Oel, Pieter R., van, Van Oel, Pieter, Ashok K. Chapagain, Pieter R. van Oel, Chapagain, Ashok K., Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Van Oel, Pieter R.   +7 more
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Comparison of the water footprint in Poland and Ukraine

Economics and Environment, 2018
The aim of the article is to compare the indices of water resources in Poland and Ukraine. The water footprint is an instrument which allows to link the consumption of water resources with the consumption of goods.
Damian Panasiuk, Olena Suduk, Rafał Miłaszewski, Petro Skrypchuk   +3 more
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The Water Footprint of Pastoral Dairy Farming: The Effect of Water Footprint Methods, Data Sources and Spatial Scale [PDF]

The water footprint of pastoral dairy milk production was assessed by analysing water use at 28 irrigated and 60 non-irrigated ‘rain-fed’ pastoral dairy farms in three regions of New Zealand.
Ranvir Singh, Caleb D. Higham, Horne DJ, David J. Horne, Singh R, Higham CD   +5 more
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Informing national food and water security policy through water footprint assessment: The Case of Iran [PDF]

, 2017
Iran's focus on food self-sufficiency has led to an emphasis on increasing water volumes available for irrigation with little attention to water use efficiency, and no attention at all to the role of consumption and trade.
Arjen. Hoekstra, Fatemeh Karandish, Karandish, Fatemeh, Hoekstra, Arjen Y.   +3 more
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The water footprint of Tunisia from an economic perspective [PDF]

, 2015
This paper quantifies and analyses the water footprint of Tunisia at national and sub-national level, assessing green, blue and grey water footprints for the period 1996–2005.
Hoekstra, Arjen Ysbert, Krol, Martinus S., Krol, Maarten S., Chouchane, Hatem, Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Mekonnen, Mesfin, Mekonnen, Mesfin M.   +6 more
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The water footprint of sweeteners and bio-ethanol

Environment International, 2012
An increasing demand for food together with a growing demand for energy crops result in an increasing demand for and competition over water. Sugar cane, sugar beet and maize are not only essential food crops, but also important feedstock for bio-ethanol. Crop growth requires water, a scarce resource.
Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie, Hoekstra, Arjen Y.   +1 more
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Spatial and Temporal Changes of Ecological Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Irrigated and Rain-fed Almond Production at Iran

علوم آب و خاک, 2020
Estimating the ecological water footprint and the virtual water trade in different agricultural crops in arid and semi-arid regions can help better manage the limited water resources.This research calculated temporal and spatial ecological water ...
K. Vafaei, O. Bazrafshan, H. Ramezanietedali   +2 more
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