A water stress perspective on the UK’s water footprint
Allan, Grant and Lochhead, Rhona and McGrane, Scott (2023) A water stress perspective on the UK’s water footprint. Applied Economics Letters, 30 (5). pp. 649-656. ISSN 1350-4851 (https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.2009111)
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Abstract
The global water requirements of economic activities have been studied through the concept of the water footprint, which can be captured in multinational Input-Output (IO) frameworks. While useful for looking at aggregate requirements, this paper links the UK's blue and green water footprint with a country-level water stress index. We show that more than half of the UK's blue water footprint was in areas of high water stress, while its green water footprint is more concentrated in areas of lower water stress. These findings show how water stress can be incorporated alongside measures of water footprint. This can be critical in evaluating the success of policies aimed to improve national and international water security and reduce water stress.
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Allan, Grant ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-2768, Lochhead, Rhona and McGrane, Scott ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5277-1347;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 78431 Dates: DateEvent12 March 2023Published9 December 2021Published Online1 November 2021AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Economic History and Conditions Department: Strathclyde Business School > Economics
Strategic Research Themes > EnergyDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 05 Nov 2021 16:36 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 13:17 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/78431