Water, food and welfare : water footprint as a complementary approach to water management in Mexico /: water footprint as a complementary approach to water management in Mexico. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rosario H. Pérez-Espejo, Roberto M. Constantino-Toto, Hilda R. Dávila-Ibáñez, editors.
• Editors: Pérez Espejo, Rosario; Constantino Toto, Roberto M; Dávila Ibáñez, Hilda Rosario
• Contents: The contemporary model for water management and the alternative approaches -- Socioeconomic framework -- Water policy and institutions -- Water use for food purposes -- Water resources inventory and implications of irrigation modernization -- Manifestations of welfare loss -- Prices and water -- A strategy with limited effectiveness -- Water use pattern -- Change in the dietary pattern and water security -- Hydrological Stress and Pressures on Water Availability -- Problems associated to groundwater management -- Vulnerability and Climate Change -- Water demand of major crops -- A methodology -- Gray water footprint and water pollution -- Gray footprint and mining -- Impact of metal extraction on water -- Considerations on virtual water and agri-food trade -- Water footprint of four cereals in Irrigated District 011 -- Forage water footprint in the Comarca Lagunera -- Water footprint in livestock -- Water footprint of bottled drinks of and food security.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 333.910072; Earth sciences; Water -- Mexico; Crops and water -- Mexico; Water security -- Mexico; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Crops and water; Water; Water security; Science -- Environmental Science; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Environmental management; The environment; Science -- Earth Sciences -- General; Earth sciences; Mexico; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319288246; 3319288245; 3319288229; 9783319288222
• Related ISBNs: 9783319288222
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 22, 2016).
• 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.