Virtual water: tackling the threat to our planet's most precious resource
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1. Verfasser: Allan, J. A., (John Anthony) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2011
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Beschreibung:Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Getting wise about water; 2. Beneath the surface: a guide to getting water wise; 3. Well-fed, well-watered and well-paid: water and the subsidised agriculture of the industrialised nations; 4. Big and beautiful: how the BRICS economies could save the planet; 5. Keeping their heads above the water: differing experiences in developing economies; 6. Watertight: virtual-water 'trade' and whether humanity sinks or swims; The virtual-water gallery; Index
The groundbreaking new concept that reveals the true and hazardous extent of our everyday water consumption. How much water does it take to make a cup of coffee? The answer may shock you: 140 litres! That's the true amount of water used in growing, producing, packaging and shipping the beans you use to make your morning coffee. Your lunchtime hamburger takes 2,400 litres and that favourite pair of blue jeans a whopping 11,000 litres. In fact, all the goods we buy - from food to clothing to computers - have a water cost in the form of virtual water: the powerful new concept that reveals the hid
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ISBN:0857720112
0857730509
9780857720115
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