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Alberto (Hrsg.) Garrido

Water for Food in a Changing World

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There is not enough water globally for all the things humans need and want water to do for us. Water supply bubbles are bursting in China, the Middle East and India with potentially serious implications for the global economy and for political stability. Even the United States is depleting groundwater on average 25% faster than it is being replenished. Our thirst for water grows with our population, but the amount of fresh water available on Earth is fixed. If we assume business as usual by 2050 about 40% of the projected global population of 9.4 billion is expected to be facing water stress or scarcity. With increasing climate variability be… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Ingram, Helen (Hrsg.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-136-80816-6
  • EAN: 9781136808166
  • Produktnummer: 13894197
  • Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
  • Seitenangabe: 352 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 6'282 KB
  • Abbildungen: 65 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 65 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 24 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor


Alberto Garrido is Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the Technical University of Madrid, Spain. He is the Director of the Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, a research centre of the Technical University of Madrid, and serves in the Advisory Committee of the Rosenberg International Forum of Water Policy.Helen Ingram is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, USA, and a research fellow at the Southwest Center at the University of Arizona, USA. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Rosenberg International Water Forum.

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