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Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

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Environmental Sciences
Netherlands
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
109
Citations
58969
World Ranking
209
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra was affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and conducted research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focused on various subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Pollution, and Ecology.

Their research covered multiple main topics, including Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Energy and Environment Impacts, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure.

Hoekstra authored several papers contributing to the understanding of water use and sustainability. Notable publications included:

  • Water scarcity and fish imperilment driven by beef production (2020), published in Nature Sustainability
  • Consideration of culture is vital if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (2021), published in One Earth
  • Sustainability of the blue water footprint of crops (2020), published in Advances in Water Resources
  • Blue water footprint linked to national consumption and international trade is unsustainable (2020), published in Nature Food
  • Capping Human Water Footprints in the World's River Basins (2020), published in Earth's Future

Collaboration was a significant aspect of their work, frequently coauthoring with researchers such as Maarten S. Krol, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Bunyod Holmatov, Rick J. Hogeboom, and Ranran Wang.

They published regularly in certain venues, including Advances in Water Resources, Earth's Future, Journal of Hydrology, Environmental Science & Technology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

    Mesfin Mekonnen;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • The Water Footprint Assessment Manual: Setting the Global Standard

    Maite M. Aldaya;Ashok K. Chapagain;Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Mesfin M. Mekonnen

  • The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products

    Mesfin Mekonnen;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • The water footprint of humanity

    Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;Mesfin Mekonnen

  • Water footprints of nations: Water use by people as a function of their consumption pattern

    A. Y. Hoekstra;A. K. Chapagain

  • A Global Assessment of the Water Footprint of Farm Animal Products

    Mesfin Mekonnen;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • Globalization of Water: Sharing the Planet's Freshwater Resources

    Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;Ashok Chapagain

  • Global monthly water scarcity: blue water footprints versus blue water availability.

    Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Mesfin M. Mekonnen;Ashok K. Chapagain;Ruth E. Mathews

  • Humanity’s unsustainable environmental footprint

    Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;Thomas O. Wiedmann

  • The water footprint of cotton consumption: An assessment of the impact of worldwide consumption of cotton products on the water resources in the cotton producing countries

    Ashok Chapagain;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;H.H.G. Savenije;R. Gautam

  • The water footprint of bioenergy

    Winnie Gerbens-Leenes;Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Theo H. van der Meer

  • Water footprints of nations

    A.K. Chapagain;A.Y. Hoekstra

  • Globalisation of water resources: Global virtual water flows in relation to international crop trade

    Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;P.Q. Hung

  • Water Footprint Manual : State of the Art 2009

    Arjen Y. Hoekstra;Ashok K. Chapagain;Maite M. Aldaya;Mesfin M. Mekonnen

  • National water footprint accounts: The green, blue and grey water footprint of production and consumption. Volume 1: Main Report

    Mesfin Mekonnen;Arjen Y. Hoekstra

  • The blue, green and grey water footprint of rice from production and consumption perspectives

    Ashok Chapagain;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • The global component of freshwater demand and supply: an assessment of virtual water flows between nations as a result of trade in agricultural and industrial products

    Ashok Chapagain;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • Water saving through international trade of agricultural products

    Ashok Chapagain;Ashok Chapagain;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;H.H.G. Savenije;H.H.G. Savenije

  • The water footprint of energy from biomass: A quantitative assessment and consequences of an increasing share of bio-energy in energy supply

    P.W. Gerbens-Leenes;A.Y. Hoekstra;Th.H. van der Meer

  • Water footprint scenarios for 2050: a global analysis.

    Ertug Ercin;Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra

  • The water footprint of humanity

    M. M. Mekonnen;A. Y. Hoekstra

Frequent Co-Authors

Mesfin Mekonnen
Mesfin Mekonnen University of Alabama
Martijn J. Booij
Martijn J. Booij University of Twente
Zhongbo Su
Zhongbo Su University of Twente
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology
Pute Wu
Pute Wu Northwest A&F University
Junguo Liu
Junguo Liu North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Christopher M. U. Neale
Christopher M. U. Neale University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Arthur H. W. Beusen
Arthur H. W. Beusen Utrecht University

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