Re-thinking water and food security : fourth Botín Foundation water workshop /: fourth Botín Foundation water workshop. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Luis Martínez-Cortina, Alberto Garrido, Elena López-Gunn.
• Other Names: Martínez-Cortina, Luis; Garrido, Alberto, 1964-; López-Gunn, Elena; Marcelino Botín Water Forum, 4th
• Contents: Food security in water-short countries -- coping with carrying capacity overshoot / Malin Falkenmark & Mats Lannerstad -- Global agricultural green and blue water consumptive uses and virtual water trade / Junguo Liu & Hong Yang -- Water scarcity and food security: a global assessment of water potentiality in Tunisia / Jamel Chahed, Mustapha Besbes & Abdelkader Hamadane -- Can human ingenuity, science and technology help solve the world's problems of water and food scarcity? / Elena López-Gunn & M. Ramón Llamas -- Producing more or wasting less? Bracing the food security challenge of unpredictable rainfall / Jan Lundqvist -- Prioritising the processes beyond the water sector that will secure water for society -- farmers, fair international trade and food consumption and waste / J.A. [Tony] Allan -- Present and future roles of water and food trade in achieving food security, reducing poverty and water use / Juan A. Sagardoy & Consuelo Varela-Ortega -- Economic aspects of virtual water trade: lessons from the Spanish case / Alberto Garrido [and others] -- Water commoditization: an ethical perspective for a sustainable use and management of water resources, with special reference to the Arab region / Magdy A. Hefny -- Water scarcity risks: experience of the private sector / Stuart Orr & Anton Cartwright -- Incorporating the water footprint and environmental water requirements into policy: reflections from the Doñana region (Spain) / Maite M. Aldaya, Francisco García Novo & M. Ramón Llamas -- The blue, green and grey water footprint of rice from both a production and consumption perspective / Ashok K. Chapagain & Arjen Y. Hoekstra -- Water quality and nonpoint pollution: comparative global analysis / José Albiac [and others] -- Intensive groundwater development: a water cycle transformation, a social revolution, a management challenge / Emilio Custodio -- Electricity reforms and its impact on groundwater use: evidence from India / Aditi Mukherji, Tushaar Shah & Shilp Verma -- Water and energy nexus -- role of technology / Joppe F. Cramwinckel -- Energy supply for the coming decades and the consequent water demand / Ignasi Nieto -- The economics of desalination for various uses / Xavier Bernat [and others] -- Postscript. The impossibilities of water in agriculture: an increasingly unreal world. What we have to do about it? / Margaret Catley-Carlson.
• Publisher Details: Leiden [Boca Raton, Fla.] : CRC Press/Balkema
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 377 pages), illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
• Subjects: 363.61 M314; Water-supply -- Security measures -- Congresses; Water resources development -- Congresses; Food security -- Congresses; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Electronic resource; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203829820; 0203829824; 1322625697; 9781322625690
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• 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.