The Water We Eat Combining Virtual Water and Water Footprints /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Antonelli, Marta (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Greco, Francesca (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Springer Water
• Θέματα: Environment.; Water-supply.; Environmental management.; Nature.; Sustainable development.; Sustainable Development.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.

This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world’s economies lack sufficient water resources to secure their populations’ food requirements and are thus virtual importers of wate...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Not all water drops are equal
• Water and food security: food-water and food supply value chains
• The Water Footprint: linking human consumption and water use
• The impact of food on our lives
• Water sustainability and 0 km: Slow Food
• Virtual water: the water we eat, buy and waste
• Water labelling
• Virtual water: an anthropological perspective
• Moral economy and virtual water: Italian activism for water as a public good
• Food globalization and water geography: where does Italy stand?
• Virtual water ‘trade’ in the Mediterranean area
• Overcoming water scarcity through economics: irrigation and drought
• From the Barilla Centre for Food and Nutrition’s Double pyramid to virtual water in the pasta trade
• The water footprint of wine
• Water footprint and environmental sustainability of typical Italian food products
• Water footprint of tomatoes.