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Water Footprint: A Review Based on Concepts, Methods, and Implications
Reshmi R1
Sanmathi K R2
Remisha S R3
123 PG Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Published Online: March-April 2024
Pages: 249-253
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↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijire.20240502032References
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401-415.
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Environment and Development (IIED).
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1316.
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Resource-Scarce Context. Science of the Total Environment, 746, 141047.
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Recommendations for Future Applications. Journal of Cleaner Production, 202, 894-908.
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Letters, 15(10), 103002.
global standard.
2. Allan, J.A. (1998). Virtual Water: A Strategic Resource Global Solutions to Regional Deficits. Groundwater, 36(4), 545-546.
3. Boulay, A.-M., et al. (2015). Global Water Governance and the Water Footprint of Nations: Virtual Water, International Trade and
Water Resources Sustainability. Water Resources Management, 29(11), 3949-3966.
4. Boulay, A.-M., et al. (2018). Life Cycle Assessment of Dairy Products: An Overview of Methodological Approaches and Applications.
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 23(9), 1764-1779.
5. Chapagain, A. K., Hoekstra, A. Y., Savenije, H. H., & Gautam, R. (2006). The water footprint of cotton consumption: An assessment of
the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries. Ecological economics,
60(1), 186-203.
6. Dietz, T., Ostrom, E., & Stern, P. C. (2003). The struggle to govern the commons. science, 302(5652), 1907-1912.
7. Environmental Science & Policy, 13(6), 459-471.
8. FAO. (2020). AWARE - Agricultural Water Accounting in Real time. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
9. Hoekstra, A. Y. (2017). Water footprint assessment: evolvement of a new research field. Water Resources Management, 31(10), 3061-
3081.
10. Hoekstra, A. Y., & Chapagain, A. (2008). Globalization of water: Sharing the planets freshwater resources.
11. Hoekstra, A. Y., & Chapagain, A. K. (2007). Water footprints of nations: water use by people as a function of their consumption pattern.
Integrated assessment of water resources and global change: A north-south analysis, 35-48.
12. Hoekstra, A. Y., & Mekonnen, M. M. (2012). The water footprint of humanity. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 109(9),
3232-3237.
13. Lenzen, M., et al. (2011). Environmental Footprints of Agriculture, Trade, and Other Economic Activities. Ecosystems, 14(6), 964-980.
14. Mekonnen, M. M., & Hoekstra, A. Y. (2011). The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. Hydrology
and Earth System Sciences, 15(5), 1577-1600.
15. Mekonnen, M. M., & Hoekstra, A. Y. (2012). A global assessment of the water footprint of farm animal products. Ecosystems, 15(3),
401-415.
16. Reed, M.S., et al. (2009). Participatory Decision-Making for Sustainable Development: A Handbook. International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED).
17. Ridoutt, B.G., et al. (2010). Water Footprint of Beef Cattle: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Cleaner Production, 18(13), 1308-
1316.
18. Smith, M. (1992). CROPWAT: A computer program for irrigation planning and management (No. 46). Food & Agriculture Org.
19. Sullivan, C.A., et al. (2020). Sustainable Water Management in the Built Environment: An Assessment of Treatment Options in a
Resource-Scarce Context. Science of the Total Environment, 746, 141047.
20. Vanham, D., et al. (2018). The Water Footprint of Different Industrial Sectors: A Comparison of Various Assessment Methods and
Recommendations for Future Applications. Journal of Cleaner Production, 202, 894-908.
21. WRI. (2020). Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas. World Resources Institute.
22. Yang, Y., et al. (2020). Addressing Spatial and Temporal Variability in Water Footprint Assessment: A Review. Environmental Research
Letters, 15(10), 103002.
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