Screen LibraryThe water footprint of modern consumer society /
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Earthscan, from Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | London ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-196) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781849713030 (hardback) 1849713030 (hardback) 9781849714273 (paperback) : 1849714274 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | TD345 |
| CLC: | X703-32 |
| Call Number: | X703-32/H695 |
| Contents: | Drinking ten bathtubs of water a day -- Water for bread and pasta -- The meat eater, a big water user -- How our cotton clothes link to a disappearing sea -- Burning water: the water footprint of biofuels -- The overseas water footprint of cut flowers -- The supply-chain water footprint of paper -- Maximum sustainable water footprint per river basin -- Water-use efficiency -- Allocating the world's limited freshwater resources -- Getting trade right -- Product transparency -- Who will be the heroes of change? |