Recent history and geography of virtual water trade.

The global trade of goods is associated with a virtual transfer of the water required for their production. The way changes in trade affect the virtual redistribution of freshwater resources has been recently documented through the analysis of the virtual water network. It is, however, unclear how t...

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Main Authors: Joel A Carr, Paolo D'Odorico, Francesco Laio, Luca Ridolfi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3574060?pdf=render