Water, Food and Welfare Water Footprint as a Complementary Approach to Water Management in Mexico /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pérez-Espejo, Rosario (Editor), Constantino-Toto, Roberto M. (Editor), Dávila-Ibáñez, Hilda R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, 23
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Physical geography.; Earth Sciences.; Earth System Sciences.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Climate Change Management and Policy.
• Physical Description: XVII, 252 p. 76 illus., 4 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319288246
• ISSN: 2193-3162 ;

This book addresses the following topics: the contemporary model for water management and alternative approaches; the socioeconomic framework, water policy and institutions; water use for food purposes, water-resources inventory and irrigation; manifestations of welfare loss and water prices; change in dietary patterns and water security; hydrological stress and pressures on water availability; groundwater management problems; vulnerability and climate change; water demand of major crops; gray water footprint and water pollution; gray water footprint and mining; virtual water and food trade; estimates of the water footprint of four key cereals, forage, livestock and bottled drinks. It is the result of a cooperation between 16 researchers from eleven Mexican academic institutions.