Driving force analysis of water footprint change based on extended STIRPAT model: Evidence from the Chinese agricultural sector

Zhao, Chunfu; Chen, Bin; Hayat, Tasawar; Alsaedi, Ahmed; Ahmad, Bashir

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.048

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“…Regarding the historical approach, some papers have examined the main trends of the water footprint of the agricultural sector from a long term perspective [21][22][23]. For the particular case of Spain, evidence on the close link between the expansion of agricultural production, the growing pressures on water resources, the need for the construction of water infrastructure and the significant increase in the water footprint has been found in [21].…”

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How Sustainable is the Increase in the Water Footprint of the Spanish Agricultural Sector? A Provincial Analysis between 1955 and 2005–2010

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Abstract:In the context of a relatively scarce water country, the article analyzes the changes in 50 years in the water footprint (WF) in Spain evaluating its sustainability. For that purpose, firstly we make use of the regional information of the water footprints and crop production to estimate the WF of production over the 50 provinces in Spain, looking at the variation between the years 1955 and 2005-2010. The detail in the information of crops (more than 150 of them) statistics allows us to examine the types and origin of changes (in volume produced, shifts towards more or less water intensive crops). Secondly, we estimate sustainability indicators also at the provincial level, which let us evaluate whether this change has created or incremented the risk of physical and economic water stress. Thirdly, we introduce the economic perspective, providing evidence on the infrastructures built and public sector expenditure, as an approximation to the costs of the increases in WF, particularly meaningful for those water stressed areas. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 5095

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How Sustainable is the Increase in the Water Footprint of the Spanish Agricultural Sector? A Provincial Analysis between 1955 and 2005–2010

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“…Due to its flexibility, since then, various versions of extended STIRPAT models were formulated. Especially, consumption or emission intensity and urbanization level are the most frequently-used indicators of driving factors (Fan et al, 2006;York, 2007;Lin et al, 2009;Liddle and Lung, 2010;Wang et al, 2013a;Zhao et al, 2014).…”

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Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

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Shen

Liu

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a b s t r a c tAccompanying by the rapid urbanization process of China, unprecedented amounts of cement have been poured into urban construction over the last decade. Since research is still scarce on the factors underlying the cement consumption, the motivation of this paper is to provide insight into cement-based socioeconomic metabolism and to improve understanding of the linkage between human activities and cement consumption. To explore the key impact factors of cement consumption, an extended STIRPAT model is exploited in this paper to examine the effect of population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, cement consumption intensity, fixed investment and urbanization level with regional panel data of China from 2005 to 2013. The empirical results indicate that fixed investment and GDP per capita are the decisive driving factors of cement consumption. The unbalanced investment between infrastructure and people's livelihood reflects bias urbanization policy in China. Inverted-U shaped nexus between cement consumption and urbanization, as well as GDP per capita, are observed in the empirical results. Moreover, regional heterogeneities are taken into account in the model estimation. On the ground of the empirical findings, several policy recommendations are provided for policy makers. It is suggested that policy makers should take account of the regional discrepancy and implement a sustainable urbanization strategy to curtail cement consumption. Only when excessive fixed investment is curbed does the enthusiasm of cement consumption calm down.

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“…Five ecological indicators have accordingly been calculated and compared to assess the impact on climate change and resources utilizing style of the case systems. Zhao et al (2014) explored the influencing factors of population, affluence, urbanization level, and diet structure on agriculture products-related water footprint change based on an extended STIRPAT model. Empirical results reveal that the all the examined factors as positive driving forces have pushed forward Chinese agricultural sector water footprint.…”

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Integrated ecological indicators for sustainable urban ecosystem evaluation and management

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2014

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Driving force analysis of water footprint change based on extended STIRPAT model: Evidence from the Chinese agricultural sector

Cited by 120 publications

References 41 publications

How Sustainable is the Increase in the Water Footprint of the Spanish Agricultural Sector? A Provincial Analysis between 1955 and 2005–2010

How Sustainable is the Increase in the Water Footprint of the Spanish Agricultural Sector? A Provincial Analysis between 1955 and 2005–2010

Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

Integrated ecological indicators for sustainable urban ecosystem evaluation and management

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