The <i>water footprint</i> and its relationship with the <i>virtual water</i>: nuances of the water resources commodification

Authors

  • Jairo Bezerra Silva
  • Lemuel Guerra Sobrinho
  • Marcionila Fernandes
  • Ângela Maria Cavalcanti Ramalho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2014v2n1p005-017

Keywords:

Hydric scarcity ideology, virtual water, water footprint.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to examine how the concepts of water footprint and virtual water articulate themselves under an ideological matrix which has been justified by alleged situations of global hydric resources scarcity. Due to the idea of an increasing shortage of water in the world, new discourses on that subject promote strategies to solve the alleged global water crisis without focusing on deep material and cultural changes. We discuss here the nuances of the international agenda for the hydric resources field, which is based in the general idea according to which in order to face the water scarcity, large international corporations should control their increasing need of water using methodologies to calculate the amount they should use as those of water footprint and virtual water.

JEL-Code | O13; Q25; Q56.

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Published

2014-03-20

How to Cite

Silva, J. B., Sobrinho, L. G., Fernandes, M., & Ramalho, Ângela M. C. (2014). The <i>water footprint</i> and its relationship with the <i>virtual water</i>: nuances of the water resources commodification. Revista Brasileira De Desenvolvimento Regional, 2(1), 005–017. https://doi.org/10.7867/2317-5443.2014v2n1p005-017

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