Water is not only vital for human life but also is a critical economic input. Climate change will likely exacerbate … conflicts over the multiple uses of water in Latin America. Adopting a south-south perspective approach, this study compares … direct water requirement patterns over time among Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica, applying an environmental …

To illustrate the importance of the regional scale of water uses, this paper identifies the direct and indirect water … use of the Sao Paulo State Water Resources Management Units (WRMUs) and the rest of Brazil by focusing on Alto Tiete WRMU …. The Alto Tiete WRMU has been suffering from water scarcity and its boundaries are similar to that of the Sao Paulo …

Germany is one of the five largest consumer markets in the world. Given that both supply chains and water consumption … in Germany undeniably has a major impact on global water consumption. This paper aims to determine Germany's global … consumption-induced water consumption (hereinafter water consumption), with a particular focus on the worldwide origin of the …

China’s exports can be divided into three types: processing trade, normal trade of goods, and normal trade of services …. Based on China’s non-competitive input–output table that captures the processing trade, we calculated domestic value added … contributor to the increased DVA of China’s exports. The increase in DVA generated by exports is due mainly to the expansion of …

China's renewable energy consumption was 6.37 EJ in 2018, making it the world's largest renewable energy consumer …. Exploring the economic and social driving factors behind the dynamic evolution of renewable energy consumption in China not only … serve China better development of renewable energy, but also has implications for other developing countries. Existing …

This paper deals with the construction, decomposition and comparison of water footprint time series in 40 countries and … the possible causes behind the time evolution of water footprints in the various countries. We notice that the physical … and economic impact of economic growth on water resources has been significantly lower than what it could have been, for …

This paper deals with the construction, decomposition and comparison of water footprint time series in 40 countries and … the possible causes behind the time evolution of water footprints in the various countries.We notice that the physical and … economic impact of economic growth on water resources has been significantly lower than what it could have been, for several …