Explaining virtual water trade : A spatial-temporal analysis of
the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China

J 2019

Explaining virtual water trade : A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China

ZHAO, Dandan; Klaus HUBACEK; Kuishuang FENG; Laixiang SUN; Junguo LIU et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Explaining virtual water trade : A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China

Autoři

ZHAO, Dandan; Klaus HUBACEK; Kuishuang FENG; Laixiang SUN a Junguo LIU

Vydání

Water Research, Oxford, Elsevier, 2019, 0043-1354

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50704 Environmental sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 9.130

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00127758

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Virtual water; Productivity; Comparative advantage; Opportunity cost

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 10. 3. 2023 14:35, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The well-known “virtual water hypothesis” states that water-deficient regions/countries could alleviate water stress through importing water-intensive products from water-abundant regions/countries. Although observed trading patterns do often not support this hypothesis, there is a lack of research to explore the reasons why trade patterns often do not support the intuitive virtual water hypothesis. To fill this important gap, we introduce comparative advantage theory in a quantitative way to track the driving forces of net virtual water export based on the spatial-temporal distribution of resource productivity and opportunity costs of land, labor and water use in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors across Chinese provinces between 1995 and 2015. The results show that regional differences in land productivity between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors are the main forces determining the pattern of virtual water flows across major regions, and other resources such as labor and water have played only a limited role. Our study shows that the current market forces reflect the scarcity of land resources, but does not reflect the water scarcity in the context of interregional trade in China. Our findings suggest that the ongoing efforts to increase land productivity of agriculture in the southern regions would contribute to reducing water scarcity in the North and Northeast China Plain.

Přiložené soubory

Explaining_virtual_water_trade.pdf

Citovat

ZHAO, Dandan; Klaus HUBACEK; Kuishuang FENG; Laixiang SUN a Junguo LIU. Explaining virtual water trade : A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019, roč. 153, April, s. 304-314. ISSN 0043-1354. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025.

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ZHAO, Dandan; Klaus HUBACEK; Kuishuang FENG; Laixiang SUN a Junguo LIU. Explaining virtual water trade : A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. \textit{Water Research}. Oxford: Elsevier, 2019, roč.~153, April, s.~304-314. ISSN~0043-1354. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025.

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