Overview

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. With contributions covering a broad range of disciplinary perspectives and cross-cutting themes, the Handbook has a well-balanced mix of conceptual chapters and empirical studies. It includes a state-of-the-art analysis of the concepts and experiences in implementing the nexus in different policy environments, providing examples of successful integrated decision-making across the domains of water, energy and food. Offering a global perspective on water, energy and food security, the Handbook contains insights into achieving both national development goals and the Sustainable Development Goals. Chapters further highlight how to understand the concepts of the nexus in practice, impacts of the nexus in governance, policy and business, and methods and tools to strengthen the nexus. Interdisciplinary and thorough, this Handbook will be critical reading for environmental management, public policy and human geography scholars. It will also be a useful tool for policymakers looking for successful examples of policy coherence towards an integrated management of water, energy and food resources.

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Author:   Floor Brouwer
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9781839100543

ISBN 10:   1839100540
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   12 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: List of contributors vii 1 Introduction to the water-energy-food nexus 1 Floor Brouwer PART I UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS 2 The nexus: concepts and frameworks 16 Tamara Avellan and Mario Roidt 3 Global nexus relationships and trends 36 Janez Susnik 4 The theory and practice of transdisciplinary science in the water-energy-food nexus 55 Louise A. Gallagher PART II CONCEPTS OF THE NEXUS IN PRACTICE 5 Energy security and the energy transition 81 Molly A. Walton 6 Exploring policy coherence in India's electricity-water nexus 96 Kangkanika Neog and Vaibhav Chaturvedi 7 A water-sensitive circular economy and the nexus concept 113 Christos Makropoulos, Sandra Casas Garriga, Anne Kleyboecker, Charles-Xavier Sockeel, Clara Plata Rios, Heather Smith and Jos Frijns 8 Climate services and the nexus for smart resource management 132 Mirabela Marin, Roger Cremades, Nicu Constantin Tudose, Serban Octavian Davidescu, Cezar Ungurean, Hermine Mitter and Anabel Sanchez-Plaza 9 Capacity development and knowledge transfer on the climate, land, water and energy nexus 149 Eunice Pereira Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Taco Niet, Vignesh Sridharan, Thomas Alfstad, Ioannis Pappis, Lucia de Strasser, Abhishek Shivakumar, Mark Howells and Hans-Holger Rogner 10 A marine nexus approach for healthy ecosystems at sea 178 Pietro Goglio and Sander van den Burg 11 Examining knowledge of the nexus at the urban scale 193 Andrea L. Pierce, Monika Heyder, Grant Tregonning, Pia Laborgne, Olga Wilhelmi and Jochen Wendelf PART III ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NEXUS: GOVERNANCE, POLICY AND BUSINESS 12 Water-energy-food nexus approaches and initiatives in Africa 211 Michael Jacobson and Gracie Pekarcik 13 Agricultural development in the Andean countries and the nexus 231 Oscar Melo, Lisbeth Naranjo, Dolores Rey, Gloria Salmoral, Oswaldo Viteri-Salazar and Eduardo Zegarra 14 Management of the nexus in Australia 250 Jamie Pittock, Mark Howden and Paul Wyrwoll 15 Innovations on the nexus for development and growth in the south Mediterranean region 273 Sanaa Zebakh, Fadi Abdelradi, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Omar Amawi, Mohamed Sadiki and Ali Rhouma 16 The role of land in the water-energy-food nexus 291 Jiaguo Qi, Steve Pueppke, Myung Sik Cho, Yachen Xie, Charlie Navanugraha and Tep Makathy PART IV STRENGTHENING THE NEXUS: METHODS AND TOOLS 17 Leveraging the water-energy-food security nexus with a complex adaptive systems approach 308 Afreen Siddiqi 18 An accounting framework recognising the complexity of the nexus 329 Mario Giampietro, Ansel Renner and Juan J. Cadillo-Benalcazar 19 A theoretical framework to address multi-level governance challenges of the water-energy-food nexus 346 Giacomo Melloni, Ana Paula Dias Turetta, Katharina Loehr, Michelle Bonatti and Stefan Sieber 20 Ecosystem services and the nexus for achieving urban sustainability 364 Jiangxiao Qiu, Hui Zhao, Deyong Yu and Jianguo Wu PART V OUTLOOK 21 Water-energy-food nexus in international law: A legal analysis 381 Paolo Davide Farah and Imad Antoine Ibrahim 22 The relevance and challenges in communicating the nexus 398 Guido Schmidt, Christine Matauschek, Maite Fournier, Anna Saito, Bassel Daher and Rabi H. Mohtar Index

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'With the world facing multiple climatic and non-climatic challenges that are exacerbating water-energy-food nexus pressures, this Handbook, written by globally recognized experts, provides researchers and practitioners with leading knowledge on how to create synergies and reduce trade-offs in reducing these pressures.' -- Robert C. Brears, Our Future Water, New Zealand

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Edited by Floor Brouwer, Senior Research Scholar, Wageningen Research, the Netherlands

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