The external water footprint of the Netherlands: Geographically-explicit quantification and impact assessment

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-92

  van Oel, P R ^a   Mekonnen, M M ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External water footprint; Netherlands; Virtual water; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 70349323305     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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