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| List of Maps | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Much Water is Used for Producing our Goods and Services? | |
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| Virtual Water | |
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| How to Estimate the Virtual-Water Content of an Agricultural Product | |
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| Water Use for Crop and Livestock Products | |
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| Water Use for Industrial Products | |
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| Water for Domestic Services | |
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| Virtual-Water Flows Between Nations as a Result of Trade in Agricultural and Industrial Products | |
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| Virtual-Water "Trade" or "Transfer"? | |
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| How to Assess International Virtual-Water Flows | |
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| International Virtual-Water Flows | |
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| Virtual-Water Flows Between World Regions | |
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| Are Consumers Co-Responsible for the Effects of Water Use? | |
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| The Relation Between Trade and Water Scarcity | |
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| Water Saving Through International Trade in Agricultural Products | |
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| Method | |
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| National Water Savings | |
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| National Water Losses | |
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| Global Water Savings | |
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| Global Blue Water Savings at the Cost of Green Water Losses | |
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| Physical versus Economic Savings | |
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| The Downside of Virtual-Water Import as a Solution to Water Scarcity | |
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| The Water Footprints of Nations | |
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| Two Methods of Assessing the Water Footprint of a Nation | |
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| Internal and External Water Footprint | |
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| Water Footprints of Nations | |
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| Determining Factors | |
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| How can Water Footprints be Reduced? | |
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| The Water Footprint as a New Indicator of Water Use | |
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| The Water Footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands | |
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| Virtual-Water Flows and Balances | |
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| Agricultural Water Footprints of Morocco and the Netherlands | |
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| Water Savings | |
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| Trade in the Context of Managing Water | |
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| Virtual- versus Real-Water Transfers Within China | |
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| Assessing Virtual-Water Flows Between Regions in China | |
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| Virtual-Water Content per Product Category per Region | |
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| Food Trade Within China | |
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| Virtual-Water Transfers Within China | |
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| Virtual- versus Real-Water Budgets | |
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| Virtual-Water Transfers in Relation to Water Availability | |
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| North-South Virtual-Water Flows in Relation to the South-North Water Transfer Project | |
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| The Water Footprint of Coffee and Tea Consumption | |
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| Virtual-Water Content of Coffee and Tea in Different Production Stages | |
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| Virtual-Water Flows Related to the Trade in Coffee and Tea | |
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| The Water Needed to Drink a Cup of Coffee or Tea | |
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| The Water Footprint of Coffee and Tea Consumption | |
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| The Water Footprint of Cotton Consumption | |
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| Green, Blue, and Gray Water | |
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| The Virtual-Water Content of Seed Cotton | |
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| The Virtual-Water Content of Cotton Products | |
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| Impact on Water Quality in the Crop Production Stage | |
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| Impact on Water Quality in the Processing Stage | |
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| International Virtual-Water Flows | |
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| Water Footprints Related to Consumption of Cotton Products | |
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| Sustainable Use of Water | |
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| Water as a Geopolitical Resource | |
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| Efficient, Sustainable, and Equitable Water Use in a Globalized World | |
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| Fairness and Sustainability of Large Water Footprints | |
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| Global Rules of the Game | |
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| An International Protocol on Water Pricing | |
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| A Water Label for Water-Intensive Products | |
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| Minimum Water Rights | |
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| (Tradable) Water-Footprint Permits | |
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| Global Arrangements versus the Subsidiarity Principle | |
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| Globalization: Pro or Anti? | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Analytical Framework for the Assessment of Virtual-Water Content, Virtual-Water Flows, Water Savings, Water Footprints, and Water Dependencies | |
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| Virtual-Water Flows per Country Related to International Trade in Crop, Livestock, and Industrial Products | |
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| National Water Savings and Losses Due to Trade in Agricultural Products | |
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| Water Footprints of Nations | |
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| Water Footprint versus Water Scarcity, Self-Sufficiency, and Water Import Dependency per Country | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |