A Systems Approach To Modeling The Water Energy Land Food Nexus Volume I

Author : Bernard Amadei
Publisher : Momentum Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781947083530

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A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus, Volume I by Bernard Amadei Pdf

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
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-13
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781947083554

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A Systems Approach to Modeling the Water-Energy-Land-Food Nexus, Volume II by Bernard Amadei Pdf

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 : Bernard Amadei
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000991994

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Navigating the Complexity Across the Peace–Sustainability–Climate Security Nexus by Bernard Amadei Pdf

Explores the interaction between the different components of peace and the relationship between peace, sustainability, and climate security using semi-qualitative and quantitative tools. Explains how climate adaptation and mitigation are related to peace or conflict. Presents generic system dynamics modeling that can be used in different contexts.

Author : Cesar Carmona-Moreno,E. Crestaz,Y. Cimmarrusti,F. Farinosi,M. Biedler,A. Amani,A. Mishra,A. Carmona-Gutierrez
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1789062586

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Implementing the Water-Energy-Food- Ecosystems Nexus and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by Cesar Carmona-Moreno,E. Crestaz,Y. Cimmarrusti,F. Farinosi,M. Biedler,A. Amani,A. Mishra,A. Carmona-Gutierrez Pdf

The book’s primary intention is to serve as a roadmap for professionals working in developing countries interested in the Nexus Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) approach. The book shows a multi-disciplinary approach, showcasing the importance of the proper use of Nexus WEFE when implementing certain development programs in regions around the globe. It can be presented as a manual for an individual that either wishes to implement intervention projects following the NEXUS approach or students interested in cooperation and development. The book begins with a general explanation of the theoretical concepts and implementation processes of Nexus WEFE and continues getting into case studies, explaining the importance of proper implementation and potential drawbacks and solutions to them. This book has a particular focus on the European Union cooperation policies when implementing such an approach in developing countries.

Author : Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Breisinger, Clemens,Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam,Ringler, Claudia,Wiebelt, Manfred,Zhu, Tingju
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Linking the economics of water, energy, and food: A nexus modeling approach by Al-Riffai, Perrihan,Breisinger, Clemens,Mondal, Md. Hossain Alam,Ringler, Claudia,Wiebelt, Manfred,Zhu, Tingju Pdf

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 : Somayeh Asadi,Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030400521

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Food-Energy-Water Nexus Resilience and Sustainable Development by Somayeh Asadi,Behnam Mohammadi-Ivatloo Pdf

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 : Justin S. Baker,George L. Van Houtven,Fekadu Moreda,Jennifer Hoponick Redmon,Yongxia Cai,Christopher Wade,Andrew "AJ" Kondash,Candise Henry
Publisher : RTI Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A hydro-economic methodology for the food-energy-water nexus by Justin S. Baker,George L. Van Houtven,Fekadu Moreda,Jennifer Hoponick Redmon,Yongxia Cai,Christopher Wade,Andrew "AJ" Kondash,Candise Henry Pdf

Growing global water stress caused by the combined effects of growing populations, increasing economic development, and climate change elevates the importance of managing and allocating water resources in ways that are economically efficient and that account for interdependencies between food production, energy generation, and water networks—often referred to as the “food-energy-water (FEW) nexus.” To support these objectives, this report outlines a replicable hydro-economic methodology for assessing the value of water resources in alternative uses across the FEW nexus–including for agriculture, energy production, and human consumption—and maximizing the benefits of these resources through optimization analysis. The report’s goal is to define the core elements of an integrated systems-based modeling approach that is generalizable, flexible, and geographically portable for a range of FEW nexus applications. The report includes a detailed conceptual framework for assessing the economic value of water across the FEW nexus and a modeling framework that explicitly represents the connections and feedbacks between hydrologic systems (e.g., river and stream networks) and economic systems (e.g., food and energy production). The modeling components are described with examples from existing studies and applications. The report concludes with a discussion of current limitations and potential extensions of the hydro-economic methodology.

Author : Charles Vörösmarty,Richard Lawford,Pietro Elia Campana,Donald Wuebbles,Graham Jewitt
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832543184

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Food-Energy-Water Systems: Achieving Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development in the 21st Century by Charles Vörösmarty,Richard Lawford,Pietro Elia Campana,Donald Wuebbles,Graham Jewitt Pdf

extreme weather will mean ongoing challenges to the capacity of these sectors to support human well-being, grow the economy, and provide critical environmental services. Society has yet to evaluate the resilience of FEWS to climate, environmental, and management stresses as it shapes strategies to support sustainable development over the next decades. These issues constitute a quintessential interdisciplinary research challenge and require a well-structured science agenda and supportive information services for implementing key findings that governments and stakeholders can adopt. Integrated policy pathways require usable research findings, applications, models, real-time information systems, and decision support systems. In addition, stakeholder engagement is essential to communicate the benefits and results of these approaches and to engage appropriate groups in their implementation.

Author : Brouwer, Floor
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839100550

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Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus by Brouwer, Floor Pdf

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 : Mulala Danny Simatele,Felix Kwabena Donkor,Henry Bikwibili Tantoh
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832524954

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Climate change, land, water and food security: Perspectives from sub-saharan africa by Mulala Danny Simatele,Felix Kwabena Donkor,Henry Bikwibili Tantoh Pdf

Author : Athanasios Spyridakos
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031348921

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Multicriteria Decision Aid and Resource Management by Athanasios Spyridakos Pdf

This book is focused on the application of methodological approaches and systems of multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) in the field of resource management. Resource management constitutes a major challenge of modern times. The book comprehensively examines cases of human resources, material resources and natural resources in particular. It focuses on the efficient utilization of these resources to achieve sustainability of economic, environmental and social aspects. Also, the book presents methodological tools which aim to support the decision making at operational, executive and strategic levels.The book presents recent results of scientific research in the field of MCDA and its applications to resource management. It investigates the resource management challenges and introduces innovative methodological approaches and systems for addressing these resources management issues.

Author : Mathew Kurian,Yu Kojima
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323884730

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Boundary Science: Re-imagining Water-Energy-Food Interactions in the Context of a Data Light Approach to Monitoring the Environment- Development Nexus by Mathew Kurian,Yu Kojima Pdf

Boundary Science and the Pursuit of Sustainable Development: Lessons from Global Public Goods Research on the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus addresses the problem of how global research can reorient itself to better address sustainable goals and objectives through the use of place-based observatories that support multi-dimensional modelling. The book will provide an overview of the impact of case studies and field trials in addressing critical questions of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This discussion will be followed by an examination of a theoretical framework for boundary science that elaborates upon the Nexus approach to environmental management. Provides an examination of Water-Food-Energy Nexus synergies and their role in informing a framework for multi-dimensional modeling Discusses applications of multi-dimensional modeling and framework for evaluating boundary science Delivers rationales for improving design of field trials and case studies of global public goods research

Author : Aries Purwanto
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000542387

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Grasping the Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in the Local Context by Aries Purwanto Pdf

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 : Brenda Cansino-Loeza,José Maria Ponce-Ortega
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780443135729

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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus by Brenda Cansino-Loeza,José Maria Ponce-Ortega Pdf

The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Optimization Models for Decision Making covers the discussion about water, energy, and food as a crucial resource for human well-being and for sustainable development. These resources are inextricable interrelated, therefore, to cover water, energy, and food demands in different sectors and at different scales, it must be considered several sources to produce resources even conventional or unconventional, and there must be considered the interlinkages of resources for a proper integration. This book will emphasize several issues that must be considered in the design of water-energy-food nexus systems such as the selection of technologies to produce water or energy, size of technologies and food required to cover nutritional demands. Therefore, in The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Optimization Models for Decision Making, mathematical models are presented for the design of water-energy-food nexus systems involving several strategies to account for issues like sustainable development, security of resources, interest in conflicts from stakeholders, and efficient allocation of resources. Includes different optimization models for the integration of water-energy-food nexus Considers sustainability criteria in the presented models Helps readers understand different approaches for trade-off solutions Presents general software that can be used in solving different problems

Author : Vincenzo Naddeo,Malini Balakrishnan,Kwang-Ho Choo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030130688

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Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability by Vincenzo Naddeo,Malini Balakrishnan,Kwang-Ho Choo Pdf

This volume includes selected contributions presented during the 2nd edition of the international conference on WaterEnergyNEXUS which was held in Salerno, Italy in November 2018. This conference was organized by the Sanitary Environmental Engineering Division (SEED) of the University of Salerno (Italy) in cooperation with Advanced Institute of Water Industry at Kyungpook National University (Korea) and with The Energy and Resources Institute, TERI (India). The initiative received the patronage of UNESCO – World Water Association Programme (WWAP) and of the International Water Association (IWA) and was organized with the support of Springer (MENA Publishing Program), Arab Water Council (AWC), Korean Society of Environmental Engineering (KSEE) and Italian Society of Sanitary Environmental Engineering Professors (GITISA). With the support of international experts invited as plenary and keynote speakers, the conference aimed to give a platform for Euro-Mediterranean countries to share and discuss key topics on such water-energy issues through the presentation of nature-based solutions, advanced technologies and best practices for a more sustainable environment. This volume gives a general and brief overview on current research focusing on emerging Water-Energy-Nexus issues and challenges and its potential applications to a variety of environmental problems that are impacting the Euro-Mediterranean zone and surrounding regions. A selection of novel and alternative solutions applied worldwide are included. The volume contains over about one hundred carefully refereed contributions from 44 countries worldwide selected for the conference. Topics covered include (1) Nexus framework and governance, (2) Environmental solutions for the sustainable development of the water sector, (3) future clean energy technologies and systems under water constraints, (4) environmental engineering and management, (5) Implementation and best practices Intended for researchers in environmental engineering, environmental science, chemistry, and civil engineering. This volume is also an invaluable guide for industry professionals working in both water and energy sectors.