Virtual water : tackling the threat to our planet's most precious resource /: tackling the threat to our planet's most precious resource. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tony Allan.
• Other Names: Allan, J. A (John Anthony)
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (383 pages)
• Subjects: 333.9116; Water-supply; Water conservation; Water consumption; Environmental engineering; Environmental Studies; Engineering; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Water conservation; Water consumption; Water-supply; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857720115; 0857720112; 9780857730503; 0857730509; 9781845119843; 1845119843; 9781845119836; 1845119835
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.