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55. The Decomposition Analysis of Tourism Water Footprint in Taiwan: Revealing Decision-Relevant Information Y. Sun & C. Hsu https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287518757371
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62. Evaluation of Sustainable Water Resource Use in the Tarim River Basin Based on Water Footprint Y. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710611
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74. Estimation of the Water Footprint of Wood Construction in Chile Using a Streamlined Input–Output-Based Model X. Vallejos et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031061
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76. How much water do we really appropriate? A revised water footprint and its application in the agriculture and forestry of south-central Chile S. Hidalgo-Toapanta et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100640
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