Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and
Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil : A Nexus
Perspective.

J 2017

Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil : A Nexus Perspective.

CASTILLO, Raul Munoz; Kuishuang FENG; Klaus HUBACEK; Laixiang SUN; Joaquim GUILHOTO et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil : A Nexus Perspective.

Autoři

CASTILLO, Raul Munoz; Kuishuang FENG; Klaus HUBACEK; Laixiang SUN; Joaquim GUILHOTO a Fernando MIRALLES-WILHELM

Vydání

Sustainability, Basel, MDPI, 2017, 2071-1050

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.075

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00095369

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

nexus; Brazil; bioenergy; water footprint; virtual water; water scarcity

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 3. 2018 11:37, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Brazil plays a major role in the global biofuel economy as the world’s second largest producer and consumer and the largest exporter of ethanol. Its demand is expected to significantly increase in coming years, largely driven by national and international carbon mitigation targets. However, biofuel crops require significant amounts of water and land resources that could otherwise be used for the production of food, urban water supply, or energy generation. Given Brazil’s uneven spatial distribution of water resources among regions, a potential expansion of ethanol production will need to take into account regional or local water availability, as an increased water demand for irrigation would put further pressure on already water-scarce regions and compete with other users. By applying an environmentally extended multiregional input-output (MRIO) approach, we uncover the scarce water footprint and the interregional virtual water flows associated with sugarcane-derived biofuel production driven by domestic final consumption and international exports in 27 states in Brazil. Our results show that bio-ethanol is responsible for about one third of the total sugarcane water footprint besides sugar and other processed food production. We found that richer states such as Sao Paulo benefit by accruing a higher share of economic value added from exporting ethanol as part of global value chains while increasing water stress in poorer states through interregional trade. We also found that, in comparison with other crops, sugarcane has a comparative advantage when rainfed while showing a comparative disadvantage as an irrigated crop; a tradeoff to be considered when planning irrigation infrastructure and bioethanol production expansion.

Návaznosti

GA16-17978S, projekt VaV

Název: Zranitelnost a ekonomicko-energetický nexus v odvětvích hospodářství - historická, Input-Output a CGE analýza (Akronym: VE2NEX)

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Vulnerability and the Economy-Energy Nexus at the Sector Level: A Historic, Input-Output and CGE Analysis

Přiložené soubory

sustainability-09-02049-v2.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

CASTILLO, Raul Munoz; Kuishuang FENG; Klaus HUBACEK; Laixiang SUN; Joaquim GUILHOTO a Fernando MIRALLES-WILHELM. Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil : A Nexus Perspective. Sustainability. Basel: MDPI, 2017, roč. 9, č. 11, s. nestránkováno, 18 s. ISSN 2071-1050. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/su9112049.

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CASTILLO, Raul Munoz; Kuishuang FENG; Klaus HUBACEK; Laixiang SUN; Joaquim GUILHOTO a Fernando MIRALLES-WILHELM. Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil : A Nexus Perspective. \textit{Sustainability}. Basel: MDPI, 2017, roč.~9, č.~11, s.~nestránkováno, 18 s. ISSN~2071-1050. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/su9112049.

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