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https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20180123175831

A Critical Approach on Using Total Water Footprint of Agricultural Products as a Potential Sustainable Development Indicator

Jean Vasile Andrei orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-6537 ; Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, B-dul Bucuresti, No. 39, 100680, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Rodica-Manuela Gogonea ; Faculty of Cibernetic Statistic and Economic Informatics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, 15–17 Dorobanti St., Sector 1, 010552, Bucharest, Romania
Marian Zaharia ; Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, B-dul Bucuresti, No. 39, 100680, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Aurelia Patrascu ; Faculty of Economic Sciences, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, B-dul Bucuresti, No. 39, 100680, Ploiesti, Prahova, Romania
Aniela Bălăcescu orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-4917 ; Faculty of Economics, Constantin Brâncuși University of Targu Jiu, Postal address: No. 4, Tineretului Street, Târgu Jiu, Gorj County, Romania
Raluca Georgiana Ladaru ; Faculty of Agrifood and Environmental Economics, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies , Mihail Moxa Street, no. 5-7, District 1, Bucharest 010374, Romania

Sažetak

Measuring sustainable development represents a fundamental issue which requires a complex approach in identifying relevant indicators to capture the global transformations of the contemporary economic paradigm, within the context of increasing globalization and of the integration of markets and economies. The recent evolutions of the environmenta lanalysis enforced total water footprint as a highly popular and core environmental performance indicator.The paper presents a critical approach on using total water footprint of agricultural products as a potential sustainable development indicator from the EU perspective, by applying a specific research method on clustering and concentration. The results prove that total water footprint of the agricultural products is highly country-specific dependent. The uneven distribution shown by grouping of countries and types of agricultural products consumption confirm this argument.

Ključne riječi

agricultural products; ecologic footprint; Lorentz concentration curve; Shannon Entropy; sustainable development; territorial distribution; water footprint

Hrčak ID:

236827

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/236827

Datum izdavanja:

15.4.2020.

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