INTD 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Bretton Woods Conference, Virtual Water, Water Use

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: International Develop Studies
• Course: INTD 1103
• Professor: James Cameron

Document Summary

Clothing commodity chains (cid:862)a(cid:396)e (cid:449)e d(cid:396)essed to kill? (cid:863) As wage goes up in china, clothing production is shifting to vietnam, bangladesh, and. Minimum amount of money required to sustain human life -> . 90. Bangladesh is lowest wages in the world, a little over a day -> a month. Top 10 cotton producers in the world: china, india, usa, pakistan, brazil, uzbekistan, turkey, australia, turkmentistan, mexico. 1 pair of jeans = 1 kg of cotton = 4,000 22,000 l water. 1 cotton t shirt = 2,400+ l water. Virtual water (indirect water consumption -> (cid:449)ate(cid:396) used to p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)e (cid:272)lothes, food, et(cid:272) . Most of i(cid:374)dia"s populatio(cid:374) st(cid:396)uggles to fi(cid:374)d d(cid:396)i(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:449)ate(cid:396), (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e e(cid:454)po(cid:396)ti(cid:374)g (cid:271)illio(cid:374)s of litres of water a year. We take virtual water from where water is scarce. Readi(cid:374)g : (cid:862)ho(cid:449) to (cid:271)e a fashio(cid:374) re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)a(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) 1950 : 95% of clothing worm in canada and the us, was produced in canada and the us, respectively.