Food and land use. The influence of consumption patterns on the use of agricultural resources (2005)
Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie, Nonhebel, Sanderine
This paper assesses the relationship between food consumption patterns and the use of agricultural land. First, it calculates the amount of land needed to produce singular foods, and second, it...
The water footprint of bioenergy
Gerbens-Leenes, Winnie, Hoekstra, Arjen Y., Van Der Meer, Theo H.
All energy scenarios show a shift toward an increased percentage of renewable energy sources, including biomass. This study gives an overview of water footprints (WFs) of bioenergy from 12 crops that...