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Arjen y hoekstra biography

          Arjen Hoekstra (June 28, - November 18, ) was a..

          Arjen Hoekstra

          Dutch water resources engineer

          Arjen Hoekstra

          Arjen Hoekstra, 2013

          Born(1967-06-28)28 June 1967
          Died18 November 2019(2019-11-18) (aged 52)
          CitizenshipDutch
          OccupationAcademic
          Known forWater footprint

          Arjen Hoekstra (June 28, 1967 - November 18, 2019) was a professor at the University of Twente who pioneered the concept of the water footprint - a way of measuring the extent of water consumption.[1] His work drew attention to the hidden water use associated with a range of activities, and continues to have a profound effect both on scholarship and on environmental policy and activism.[2] He strongly supported open source science, and all his articles were published under a Creative Commons License.[3]

          Education

          Hoekstra earned an MSc degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Policy Analysis from Delft University of Technology.[4]

          Career

          At the University of Twente, Arje