the worldwide network of virtual water with kriskogram
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The Worldwide Network of Virtual Water with
Kriskogram
Rodolfo Metulini1
1Scuola Superiore S.Anna Pisa - Institute of Economics
Abstract
In this document some Kriskograms are used as a tool to visually analyze the
evolution over time of the worldwide Virtual Water network (yearly flows).
Plots are reported for the years 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.
Virtual Water; Network; Kriskograms
Acknowledgment
I would like to thanks Irina Mirkina (Lund University) to kindly shared with me her
codes. Virtual Water data are prepared by Stefania Tamea and Francesco Laio (Politec-
nico Torino) for the project “The global virtual-water network: social, economic, and
environmental implications” (FIRB - RBFR12BA3Y)
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Figure 1: 1990 VW flow. The biggest 64 countries in terms of total VW flow (totalinflows + total outflows) are reported. Reported are the links >= 180* mean(VW)
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Figure 2: 1995 VW flow. The biggest 64 countries in terms of total VW flow (totalinflows + total outflows) are reported. Reported are the links >= 180* mean(VW)
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Figure 3: 2000 VW flow. The biggest 64 countries in terms of total VW flow (totalinflows + total outflows) are reported. Reported are the links >= 180* mean(VW)
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Figure 4: 2005 VW flow. The biggest 64 countries in terms of total VW flow (totalinflows + total outflows) are reported. Reported are the links >= 170* mean(VW)
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Figure 5: 2010 VW flow. The biggest 64 countries in terms of total VW flow (totalinflows + total outflows) are reported. Reported are the links >= 170* mean(VW)
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