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China and Brazil Productive Structure and Economic Growth Compared: 1980’s to 2000’s
Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; Polenske, Karen Rosel; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
China and Brazil are two countries with continental dimensions, with differences in availability of natural resources …, population sizes, and which have adopted different strategies of economic growth in the past. China has been following … power parity rates (GNI-PPP) of China and Brazil were at approximately the same level, but by the mid 2000s the GNI-PPP of …
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A gravity model of virtual water trade
Fracasso, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This work investigates the determinants of virtual water trade (VWT) flows by means of an estimated gravity model of trade applied to the virtual water embodied in the agricultural goods exchanged across countries. In line with the recent literature on the gravity model, the paper presents a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261093
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A gravity model of virtual water trade
Fracasso, Andrea - In: Ecological Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 215-228
This work investigates the determinants of bilateral ‘virtual water trade (VWT) flows’ by means of an estimated gravity model of trade applied to the services of the water embodied in the agricultural goods exchanged across countries. In line with the recent literature on the gravity model...
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Unfolding the Potential of the Virtual Water Concept. What is still under debate?
Antonelli, Marta; Sartori, Martina - Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e … - 2014
The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097669
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The Virtual Water Of Siberia And The Russian Far East For The Asia-Pacific Region: Global Gains Vs Regional Sustainability
Likhacheva, Anastasia B.; Makarov, Igor A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
Though Siberia and the Russian Far East are often considered oil and gas reservoirs, the southern areas of these regions have significant potential for water-intensive production, such as agricultural goods, chemicals, pulp and paper, metals, hydro energy. This potential is strengthening due to...
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Determinants of virtual water flows in the Mediterranean
Fracasso, Andrea; Sartori, Martina; Schiavo, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The aim of the paper is to investigate the main determinants of the bilateral virtual water ‘flows’ associated with international trade in agricultural goods across the Mediterranean basin. Virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108156
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Unfolding the potential of the Virtual Water concept. What is still under debate?
Antonelli, Marta; Sartori, Martina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108391
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An Evaluation of China’s Water Footprint
Ge, Liqiang; Xie, Gaodi; Zhang, Caixia; Li, Shimei; Qi, Yue - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 10, pp. 2633-2647
concept and calculating method of water footprint, this paper estimates the water footprint of China in 2007. The result shows … that the total water footprint of China is 856.34 × 10<Superscript>9</Superscript> m<Superscript>3</Superscript> and the … footprint is obvious among all provinces of China. Generally, the more developed cities, the southern and coastal provinces have …
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Analyses of water footprint of Beijing in an interregional input–output framework
Zhang, Zhuoying; Yang, Hong; Shi, Minjun - In: Ecological Economics 70 (2011) 12, pp. 2494-2502
Beijing is under severe water resource pressure due to the rapid economic development and growing population. This study quantitatively evaluates the water footprint of Beijing in an interregional input–output framework with a focus on blue water resources and uses. The inter-connections of...
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Environmentally Extended Input–Output Analysis of the UK Economy: Key Sector Analysis
Shmelev, Stanislav Edward - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper assesses the sustainability of investment in various economic sectors, with the aim of minimizing resource use and generation of emissions. The broad development focus of the paper and the potential for the proposed methodology to be applied in many different countries make it a useful...
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