Handbook on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2022-08-12
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781839100543

Contents:List of contributors vii1 Introduction to the water-energy-food nexus 1Floor BrouwerPART I UNDERSTANDING THE NEXUS2 The nexus: concepts and frameworks 16Tamara Avellán and Mario Roidt3 Global nexus relationships and trends 36Janez Sušnik4 The theory and practice of transdisciplinary science in thewater-energy-food nexus 55Louise A. GallagherPART II CONCEPTS OF THE NEXUS IN PRACTICE5 Energy security and the energy transition 81Molly A. Walton6 Exploring policy coherence in India’s electricity-water nexus 96Kangkanika Neog and Vaibhav Chaturvedi7 A water-sensitive circular economy and the nexus concept 113Christos Makropoulos, Sandra Casas Garriga, Anne Kleyböcker,Charles-Xavier Sockeel, Clara Plata Rios, Heather Smith and Jos Frijns8 Climate services and the nexus for smart resource management 132Mirabela Marin, Roger Cremades, Nicu Constantin Tudose, Șerban OctavianDavidescu, Cezar Ungurean, Hermine Mitter and Anabel Sanchez-Plaza9 Capacity development and knowledge transfer on the climate, land,water and energy nexus 149Eunice Pereira Ramos, Francesco Gardumi, Taco Niet, Vignesh Sridharan,Thomas Alfstad, Ioannis Pappis, Lucia de Strasser, Abhishek Shivakumar,Mark Howells and Hans-Holger Rogner10 A marine nexus approach for healthy ecosystems at sea 178Pietro Goglio and Sander van den Burg11 Examining knowledge of the nexus at the urban scale 193Andrea L. Pierce, Monika Heyder, Grant Tregonning, Pia Laborgne, OlgaWilhelmi and Jochen WendelfPART III ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE NEXUS: GOVERNANCE,POLICY AND BUSINESS12 Water-energy-food nexus approaches and initiatives in Africa 211Michael Jacobson and Gracie Pekarcik13 Agricultural development in the Andean countries and the nexus 231Oscar Melo, Lisbeth Naranjo, Dolores Rey, Gloria Salmoral, OswaldoViteri-Salazar and Eduardo Zegarra14 Management of the nexus in Australia 250Jamie Pittock, Mark Howden and Paul Wyrwoll15 Innovations on the nexus for development and growth in the southMediterranean region 273Sanaa Zebakh, Fadi Abdelradi, Essam Sh. Mohamed, Omar Amawi, MohamedSadiki and Ali Rhouma16 The role of land in the water-energy-food nexus 291Jiaguo Qi, Steve Pueppke, Myung Sik Cho, Yachen Xie, Charlie Navanugrahaand Tep MakathyPART IV STRENGTHENING THE NEXUS: METHODS AND TOOLS17 Leveraging the water-energy-food security nexus with a complexadaptive systems approach 308Afreen Siddiqi18 An accounting framework recognising the complexity of the nexus 329Mario Giampietro, Ansel Renner and Juan J. Cadillo-Benalcazar19 A theoretical framework to address multi-level governance challengesof the water-energy-food nexus 346Giacomo Melloni, Ana Paula Dias Turetta, Katharina Löhr, Michelle Bonattiand Stefan Sieber20 Ecosystem services and the nexus for achieving urban sustainability 364Jiangxiao Qiu, Hui Zhao, Deyong Yu and Jianguo WuPART V OUTLOOK21 Water-energy-food nexus in international law: A legal analysis 381Paolo Davide Farah and Imad Antoine Ibrahim22 The relevance and challenges in communicating the nexus 398Guido Schmidt, Christine Matauschek, Maïté Fournier, Anna Saito, BasselDaher and Rabi H. MohtarIndex

‘This nexus Handbook goes beyond rhetoric: It presents a range of innovative, multi- and transdisciplinary methodologies applied to real-life examples across the globe and carefully demonstrates that trade-offs can be managed and synergies achieved. It thus adds an important, more holistic perspective to the fight against climate change. The book is a “must read” for academics, development specialists and policymakers that are serious about ending water, food and energy poverty and comprehensive climate action.’