Virtual water trade : Proceedings of the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade
Year: 2003
Type: report
Abstract: This report results from the International Expert Meeting on Virtual Water Trade that was held at IHE Delft, the Netherlands, 12-13 December 2002.\nThe aim of the Expert Meeting was to exchange scientific knowledge on the subject of Virtual Water Trade, to review the state-of-the-art in this field of expertise, to discuss in-depth the various aspects relevant to the subject\nand to set the agenda for future research. In particular the meeting was used as a preparatory meeting to the Session on ‘Virtual Water Trade and Geopolitics’ to take place at the Third World Water Forum in Japan,\nMarch 2003.\nThe expert meeting in Delft was the first meeting in a series of meetings organised in the framework of phase VI of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP) of UNESCO and WMO. The meetings fit in the programme\n‘Water Interactions: Systems at Risk and Social Challenges’, in particular Focal Area 2.4 ‘Methodologies for Integrated River Basin Management’ and Focal Area 4.2 ‘Value of Water’. The series is organised under the\nauspices of the Dutch and German IHP Committees and the International Water Assessment Centre (IWAC). \nAfter the Forum in Japan, the collection of papers included in this volume will be reprinted, together with the conclusions from the Session on ‘Virtual Water Trade and Geopolitics’, as Report No. 65 of the IHP VI Series \n‘Technical Documents in Hydrology’.
Author: A.Y. Hoekstra (ed.)
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7016054303