Book description
Globalization of Water
is a first-of-its-kind review of the critical relationship between
globalization and sustainable water management. It explores the impact
of international trade on local water depletion and pollution and
identifies “water dependent” nations.
- Examines the critical link between water management and
international trade, considering how local water depletion and
pollution are often closely tied to the structure of the global economy
- Offers a consumer-based indicator of each nation's water use: the
water footprint
- Questions whether trade can enhance global water use efficiency,
or whether it simply shifts the environmental burden to a distant location
- Highlights the hidden link between national consumption and the
use of water resources across the globe, identifying the threats
facing 'water dependent' countries worldwide
- Provides a state-of-the-art review and in-depth data source for a
new field of knowledge
Arjen Y. Hoekstra
has academic and professional experience in the field of integrated
water resources management in various countries and is currently
Professor of Multidisciplinary Water Management at the University of
Twente, the Netherlands.
Ashok K. Chapagain has been an irrigation engineer in Nepal,
received his PhD degree at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education in Delft, the Netherlands, was employed as researcher at the
University of Twente, and currently works for the World Wide Fund for
Nature in the UK.
