86266 20210121114528.0 doi 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.10.056 sideral 92764 ART-2015-92764 eng (orcid)0000-0003-3113-1698 Duarte, Rosa Universidad de Zaragoza Understanding agricultural virtual water flows in the world from an economic perspective: A long term study 2015 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The globalization process of the last half century entailed a growing trade in agricultural and food products. As a result, water has been transferred among countries, embodied in these goods. This paper studies the evolution of virtual water flows over the long term, analyzing the main driving factors through Decomposition Analysis. It contributes to the existing literature by offering a dynamic and economic interpretation of the historical changes in virtual water trade flows. In particular, this study points to a gradual increase in virtual water exchange, related to the upsurge of agricultural and food products trade in the world from 1965 to 2010. Although the origins and destinations of virtual water have changed, North America stands out as the primary net exporter of virtual water. Europe and Asia, on the other hand, with a high dependency on foreign water resources, appear as net importers of virtual water. Despite improvements in agricultural yields and the reallocation of production, the virtual water trade continues to increase globally via these significant commercial exchanges. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/ECO2012-3328 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/ECO2013-41353-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 3.19 2015 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 52 / 225 = 0.231 2015 Q1 T1 1.478 2015 Decision Sciences (miscellaneous) 2015 Q1 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2015 Q1 Ecology 2015 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion (orcid)0000-0003-2256-8898 Pinilla, Vicente Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6991-7915 Serrano, Ana 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 4008 480 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb. Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. 61, Part 2 (2015), 980-990 Ecol. Indic. Ecological Indicators 1470-160X 1044842 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/86266/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 79326 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/86266/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:86266 articulos driver 2021-01-21-11:08:17 ARTICLE