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Author : Bernard Amadei
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)
Download or read book A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus written by Bernard Amadei and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard Amadei
Publisher : Momentum Press
ISBN 13 : 1947083538
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus, Volume I written by Bernard Amadei and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Over the next 50 years, rapid population, urbanization, and economic growth worldwide will create unprecedented demands for water, energy, land, and food (WELF) resources. The discussion on how to meet human needs for WELF resources and how to guarantee their respective securities has changed over time from looking at all four sectors in isolation to understanding their interdependency through the so-called WELF nexus. The approach presented in this book responds to the overall agreement in the WELF nexus literature that the management and allocation of WELF resources at the community level need to be examined in a more systemic, multidisciplinary, participatory, and practical manner while seeking to increase synergies and reduce trade-offs. This book was written to explore the value proposition of that approach. Volume 1 focuses on defining the landscape in which the nexus operates and outlines the proposed methodology. Volume 2 explores the quantitative and qualitative modeling of the nexus and landscape using system modeling tools including system dynamics. It presents a road map for the formulation, simulation, selection, and ranking of possible intervention plans. The proposed methodology is designed to serve as a guide for different groups involved in the science and policy decision aspects of the WELF nexus within the context of community development. The methodology focuses mostly on WELF-related issues in small-scale and low-income communities where securing resources is critical to their short- and long-term livelihood and development.
Author : Bernard Amadei
Publisher : Momentum Press
ISBN 13 : 1947083554
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)
Download or read book A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus, Volume II written by Bernard Amadei and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume book describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Over the next 50 years, rapid population, urbanization, and economic growth worldwide will create unprecedented demands for water, energy, land, and food (WELF) resources. The discussion on how to meet human needs for WELF resources and how to guarantee their respective securities has changed over time from looking at all four sectors in isolation to understanding their interdependency through the so-called WELF nexus. The approach presented in this book responds to the overall agreement in the WELF nexus literature that the management and allocation of WELF resources at the community level need to be examined in a more systemic, multidisciplinary, participatory, and practical manner while seeking to increase synergies and reduce trade-offs. This book was written to explore the value proposition of that approach. This two-volume book describes a flexible and adaptive system-based methodology and associated guidelines for the management and allocation of community-based WELF resources. Volume 1 focuses on defining the landscape in which the nexus operates and outlines the proposed methodology. Volume 2 explores the quantitative and qualitative modeling of the nexus and landscape using system modeling tools including system dynamics. It presents a road map for the formulation, simulation, selection, and ranking of possible intervention plans. The proposed methodology is designed to serve as a guide for different groups involved in the science and policy decision aspects of the WELF nexus within the context of community development. The methodology focuses mostly on WELF-related issues in small-scale and low-income communities where securing resources is critical to their short- and long-term livelihood and development.
Author : Al-Riffai, Perrihan
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Linking the economics of water, energy, and food: A nexus modeling approach written by Al-Riffai, Perrihan and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We use an innovative methodology to model the socioeconomic linkages between water, energy, and food in the East Nile Basin. Based upon a theoretical nexus framework, the methodology is expanded into a quantifiable modeling suite that under-lies the analysis of each of three country case studies. The advantages are that, despite resource shortages being a challenge, the modeling suite aids in devising policies and strategies that formulate these sectoral interdependencies and provide the evidence-based research results necessary for their design in a way that exploits synergies existing across sectors, countries, and regions (Al-Zubari n.d.). This paper lays out the methodology and gives an example of an application and scenarios by focusing on three countries in the East Nile Basin. This methodology paper will be followed by three individual country case studies that highlight the water, energy, and food nexus for each.
Author : Brouwer, Floor
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839100559
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus written by Brouwer, Floor and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-12 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of how water, energy and food are interconnected, comprising a coherent system: the nexus. It considers the interlinkages between natural resources, governance processes seeking coherence among water, energy and food policies, and the adoption of transdisciplinary approaches in the field.
Author : Felix Dodds
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131727783X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)
Download or read book The Water, Food, Energy and Climate Nexus written by Felix Dodds and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global trends of population growth, rising living standards and the rapidly increasing urbanized world are increasing the demand on water, food and energy. Added to this is the growing threat of climate change which will have huge impacts on water and food availability. It is increasingly clear that there is no place in an interlinked world for isolated solutions aimed at just one sector. In recent years the "nexus" has emerged as a powerful concept to capture these inter-linkages of resources and is now a key feature of policy-making. This book is one of the first to provide a broad overview of both the science behind the nexus and the implications for policies and sustainable development. It brings together contributions by leading intergovernmental and governmental officials, industry, scientists and other stakeholder thinkers who are working to develop the approaches to the Nexus of water-food-energy and climate. It represents a major synthesis and state-of-the-art assessment of the Nexus by major players, in light of the adoption by the United Nations of the new Sustainable Development Goals and Targets in 2015. With a foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales
Author : Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811602395
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)
Download or read book The Water–Energy–Food Nexus written by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water, Energy and Food are the very basic necessities of human life and all the three of them are interconnected with each other, this connection being called the Water-Energy-Food nexus. Water is an inevitable element to energy and food systems to work. Water is essential for the growth of crops and produce energy and it consumes a lot of energy to treat and move water. Food and energy are equally dependent upon each other as well. This book highlights with various examples and case studies from around the World, the importance of this concept.
Author : Peter Saundry
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030299147
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Food-Energy-Water Nexus written by Peter Saundry and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This will be the first textbook on the integration of food, energy and water systems (FEWS). In recent years, the world has seen a dramatic rise in interdisciplinary energy and environmental courses and degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In the US for instance, the number and variety of such programs has increased significantly over the past decade, Simultaneously, national and international initiatives that integrate food, energy and water systems have been launched. This textbook provides a substantive introduction to the food-energy-water nexus suitable for use in higher level undergraduate and graduate level courses and for scholars moving into the field of nexus studies without a strong background in all three areas and the many aspects of nexus studies.
Author : Sood, Aditya
Publisher : IWMI
ISBN 13 : 9290908831
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Unpacking the water-energy-environment-food nexus: working across systems written by Sood, Aditya and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Aries Purwanto
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000542386
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Grasping the Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in the Local Context written by Aries Purwanto and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-10-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existence of water, energy, and food (WEF) is critical for people to fulfil their basic needs, to achieve welfare, and to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The WEF security topic is becoming widely discussed in developing and developed countries. Major components of WEF security i.e. availability, accessibility, and quality should be achieved integratedly to avoid unexpected impacts. The interconnectedness among endogenous and exogenous variables such as environmental, socio-economic, and political factors makes this issue immensely complex. The nexus approach attempts to integrate management and governance across sectors and scales to improve WEF security. This study aims to grasp WEF security in a local context and evaluate the implications of planned local interventions by developing a conceptual and quantitative analysis with local stakeholders. Karawang Regency in Indonesia is chosen as the case study. Several strategies for WEF-related sectors are formulated using location quotient (LQ) and competitive position (CP) methods. In addition, qualitative and quantitative system dynamics models are established by involving related stakeholders through group model building. Finally, a nexus-based framework for WEF security is developed to assist local policymakers in doing the evaluation and planning of WEF resources in the region.
Author : Somayeh Asadi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030400522
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development written by Somayeh Asadi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents readers with an integrated modeling approach for analyzing and understanding the interconnection of water, energy, and food resources and discusses the relationship between resilience and sustainability of the food- energy –water (FEW) system. Authors provide novel frameworks, models, and algorithms designed to balance the theoretical and applicative aspects of each chapter. The book covers an integrated modeling approach for FEW systems along with developed methods, codes, and planning tools for designing interdependent energy, water and food systems. In-depth chapters discuss the impact of renewable energy resources in FEW systems, sustainable design and operation, net zero energy buildings, and challenges and opportunities of the FEW nexus in the sustainable development of different countries. This book is useful for graduate students, researchers, and engineers seeking to understand how sustainable FEW systems contribute to the resilience of these systems and help policy and design makers allocate and prioritize resources in an integrated manner across the food, energy, and water sectors.
Author : M. Dinesh Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317907604
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus written by M. Dinesh Kumar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is becoming increasingly recognized that for the optimal sustainable development and use of natural resources, an integrated approach to water management, agriculture, food security and energy is required. This "nexus" is now the focus of major attention by researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. In this book, the authors show how these issues are being addressed in India as part of its economic development, and how these can provide lessons for other developing nations. They address the conflicting claims of water resources for irrigation and hydropower, where both are scarce at the national level for fostering water and energy security. They also consider the relationship between water for irrigated agriculture and household use and its impact on rural poverty. They identify weaknesses in the current hydropower development programme in India that are preventing it from being an ecologically sustainable, socially just and economically viable solution to meeting growing energy demand. The empirical analyses presented show the enormous scope for co-management of water, energy, agricultural growth and food security through appropriate technological interventions and market instruments.
Author : International Food Policy Research Institute
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 : 0896295532
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (962 download)
Download or read book 2012 Global Food Policy Report written by International Food Policy Research Institute and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2013 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2012 Global Food Policy Report is the second in an annual series that provides an in-depth look at major food policy developments and events. Initiated in response to resurgent interest in food security, the series offers a yearly overview of the food policy developments that have contributed to or hindered progress in food and nutrition security. It reviews what happened in food policy and why, examines key challenges and opportunities, shares new evidence and knowledge, and highlights emerging issues. In 2012, world food security remained vulnerable. While talk about hunger and malnutrition was plentiful, it remains to be seen whether current and past commitments to invest in agriculture, food security, and nutrition will be met. New data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations suggest that the world will fall short of achieving the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the prevalence of undernutrition by 2015. Translating commitments into action is thus even more urgent.
Author : The World Economic Forum Water Initiative
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610910265
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Water Security written by The World Economic Forum Water Initiative and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-02-24 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is on the brink of the greatest crisis it has ever faced: a spiraling lack of fresh water. Groundwater is drying up, even as water demands for food production, for energy, and for manufacturing are surging. Water is already emerging as a headline geopolitical issue—and worsening water security will soon have dire consequences in many parts of the global economic system. Directed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the 2008 Davos Annual Meeting, the World Economic Forum assembled the world’s foremost group of public, private, non-governmental-organization and academic experts to examine the water crisis issue from all perspectives. The result of their work is this forecast—a stark, non-technical overview of where we will be by 2025 if we take a business-as-usual approach to (mis)managing our water resources. The findings are shocking. Perhaps equally stunning are the potential solutions and the recommendations that the group presents. All are included in this landmark publication. Water Security contains compelling commentary from leading decision-makers, past and present. The commentary is supported by analysis from leading academics of how the world economy will be affected if world leaders cannot agree on solutions. The book suggests how business and politics need to manage the energy-food-water-climate axis as leaders negotiate the details of the climate regime that replace Kyoto Protocols.
Author : Mario Giampietro
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN 13 : 9789251079645
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (796 download)
Download or read book An Innovative Accounting Framework for the Food-energy-water Nexus written by Mario Giampietro and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human wellbeing relies upon the availability and wise management of food, energy and water. The interconnections between these resources make clear that the management of each of them cannot be considered in isolation but in an integrated and holistic way. This report presents the results of the application of an integrated analysis approach, the Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment of Society and Ecosystem Metabolism to three case studies: an analysis of the option to produce biofuel from sugarcane in the Republic of Mauritius; an exploration of the future of grain production in the Indian state of Punjab; an assessment of two alternative energy sources to produce electricity in the Republic of South Africa.
Author : Jeremy Allouche
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351805533
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)
Download or read book The Water–Food–Energy Nexus written by Jeremy Allouche and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of development thinkers and practitioners is abuzz with a new lexicon: the idea of "the nexus" between water, food, and energy which is intuitively compelling. It promises better integration of multiple sectoral elements, a better transition to greener economies, and sustainable development. However, there appears to be little agreement on its precise meaning, whether it only complements existing environmental governance approaches or how it can be enhanced in national contexts. One current approach to the nexus treats it as a risk and security matter while another treats it within economic rationality addressing externalities across sector. A third perspective acknowledges it as a fundamentally political process requiring negotiation amongst different actors with distinct perceptions, interests, and practices. This perspective highlights the fact that technical solutions for improving coherence within the nexus may have unintended and negative impacts in other policy areas, such as poverty alleviation and education. The Water–Food–Energy Nexus: Power, Politics and Justice lays out the managerial-technical definitions of the nexus and challenges these conceptions by bringing to the forefront the politics of the nexus, around two key dimensions – a dynamic understanding of water–food–energy systems, and a normative positioning around nexus debates, in particular around social justice. The authors argue that a shift in nexus governance is required towards approaches where limits to control are acknowledged, and more reflexive/plural strategies adopted. This book will be of interest to academic researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the fields of international development studies, environmental politics, and science and technology studies, as well as international relations.
Author : Mulala Danny Simatele
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832524958
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)
Download or read book Climate change, land, water and food security: Perspectives from sub-saharan africa written by Mulala Danny Simatele and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-06-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
