2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study of methodology in Life Cycle Assessment Considering Economy and Water Resource and Evaluation of Agricultural Production
| Project/Area Number |
25550045
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental impact assessment
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| Research Institution | Ibaraki University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | ウォーターフットプリント / 水資源 / 灌漑 / 水田作 / 農業用水 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We developed 2 indexes "Differential Water Footprint (DWF)" and "Integral Water Footprint (IWF)." DWF indicates relative burden of water use in agricultural production against regional and temporal water resource supply, and IWF indicates total sustainability of the production. In particular, DWF enabled to indicate water footprint continuously as line graph, with which water footprint has not been expressed. We further evaluated water usage of rice production and their sustainability in 7 sites in Japan, and clarified the period in which the burden to water resource in each site.
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| Free Research Field |
環境影響評価
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