Water productivity and water footprint: misguided concepts or useful tools in water management and policy?

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierUpali Amarasinghe: 0000-0002-0088-0648
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.986631en
cg.identifier.wlethemeManaging Resource Variability and Competing Use
cg.issn0250-8060en
cg.issn1941-1707en
cg.issue7en
cg.journalWater Internationalen
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorAmarasinghe, Upali A.en
dc.contributor.authorSmakhtin, Vladimir U.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-17T14:40:00Zen
dc.date.available2015-03-17T14:40:00Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/58451
dc.titleWater productivity and water footprint: misguided concepts or useful tools in water management and policy?en
dcterms.abstractWater productivity (WP) and water footprint (WFP) are popular concepts in research and discourses on water management. Yet there are concerns about their theoretical validity and practical value. This paper shows that the water production function, the concept with a sound theoretical foundation, is the basis for WP. Total WFP is the reciprocal of WP. The practical value of WP and WFP depends on the context of water use and stress. Maximizing WP, not a panacea to all water problems, mainly suits arid rainfed areas. In other regions, economic and marginal WP for increasing overall production should take precedence in water management and policy decisions.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2014-12-09
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAmarasinghe, Upali A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2014. Water productivity and water footprint: misguided concepts or useful tools in water management and policy? Water International, 39(7):1000-1017. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.986631en
dcterms.extentpp. 1000-1017en
dcterms.issued2014-11-10
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjectwater productivityen
dcterms.subjectwater footprinten
dcterms.subjectwater managementen
dcterms.subjectwater policyen
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.subjectproduction costsen
dcterms.subjectcrop yielden
dcterms.subjectirrigation wateren
dcterms.subjectfood productionen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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