Spatial organization and drivers of the virtual water trade: a community-structure analysis

The trade of agricultural commodities can be associated with a virtual transfer of the local freshwater resources used for the production of these goods. Thus, trade of food products virtually transfers large amounts of water from areas of food production to far consumption regions, a process termed...

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Main Authors: Paolo D’Odorico, Joel Carr, Francesco Laio, Luca Ridolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034007