Methodological Approaches

Alberto Garrido (), M. Ramón Llamas (), Consuelo Varela-Ortega (), Paula Novo (), Roberto Rodríguez-Casado () and Maite M. Aldaya ()
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Alberto Garrido: Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
M. Ramón Llamas: Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Consuelo Varela-Ortega: Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Paula Novo: Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Roberto Rodríguez-Casado: Technical University of Madrid (UPM)
Maite M. Aldaya: University of Twente

Chapter Chapter 3 in Water Footprint and Virtual Water Trade in Spain, 2010, pp 17-36 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to describe the methodologies applied in this study and to discuss other methods that are also applied in virtual-water studies. Within the virtual-water literature, the general approach is based on calculations of the virtual-water content of products in order to estimate the water footprint (WF) of a sector or economy. However, the examples found in the literature show certain differences with respect to the general approach (Hoekstra 2003). It is therefore essential to clarify the place and period under consideration, as well as the point of measurement and the method for attributing water inputs at different production levels in the production supply chain (Hoekstra 2003).

Keywords: Water Scarcity; Crop Water; Water Footprint; Virtual Water; Land Productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5741-2_3

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