The blue water footprint of the Spanish wine industry: 1935–2015

Ayuda, María-Isabel (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Esteban, Encarna (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Martín-Retortillo, Miguel ; Pinilla, Vicente (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The impact of economic growth on natural resources and the environment constitutes a fundamental topic in current research. In particular, water, a fundamental resource for human beings, has been subject to intense pressure in recent decades. Within this context, this article examines the growth of the blue water footprint of the Spanish wine industry and its environmental impact. In order to do this, we will first calculate the blue water footprint of wine, using a bottom-up methodology. Our methodology introduces certain advances with respect to those usually used. Our results show a very fast increase of the blue water footprint from 1995, which has multiplied six-fold in twenty years with an extreme concentration in the region of Castilla-La Mancha, which accounts for 70% of this increase. The expansion of irrigated vine growing in this region has played a relevant role in the serious problems suffered by its aquifers.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/w12071872

Año: 2020

Publicado en: WATER SA 12, 7 (2020), [14 pp.]
ISSN: 0378-4738

Factor impacto JCR: 1.247 (2020)

Categ. JCR: WATER RESOURCES rank: 84 / 97 = 0.866 (2020) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.389 - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Q3) - Water Science and Technology (Q3) - Waste Management and Disposal (Q3) - Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S40-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S55-17R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCINN/PID2019-106822RB-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/PGC2018-095529-B-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2019-SOC-07

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Fund. Análisis Económico (Dpto. Análisis Económico)
Área (Departamento): Área Hª e Instituc.Económ. (Dpto. Estruc.Hª Econ.y Eco.Pb.)