Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Principles and Practices

2017 | Natural World

Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Theories and Practices highlight the importance of water, energy and food as key resources to sustain life as well as global, regional and national economies. Exacerbating demands of the three resources combined with concerns over environmental and climate change presents a set of scientific, policy and management issues that are critical for sustainability. The three resources are interlinked in several ways, and the term "nexus" can better describe the interconnections. The "nexus" addresses the concerns of key constituencies, governments and their citizens and businesses. It has therefore been the highly debated topic in most of the international flora. The nexus has been discussed, researched, and advocated widely; however, the discussions are focused mostly on "water-energy" or "water-food" or "energy-food" domains. To get the real benefit of the nexus approach in terms of resource use efficiency, it is essential to understand, operationalize and practice the nexus of all these three resources.

Volume highlights include: * Contributions to the global debate on water-energy-food nexus through knowledgebase generation * Theoretical and/or conceptual aspects of the water-energy-food nexus and ways to overcome operational challenges of the nexus approach of the resources management * Cases of the nexus approach in practice from different regions of the world, and opinions on future of the nexus agenda Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Theories and Practices is a valuable resource for students, research scholars and professionals in academic institutions with strong interests on interdisciplinary research involving hydrology, cryosphere, energy, earth science, sustainability science, international development, sustainable resource management, and ecological economics. The volume will also be useful for I/NGOs, water and environmental consultants, practitioners, government agencies, international agencies and policy and decision makers.

P. Abdul Salam (Author)

Sangam Shrestha (Author)

Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Author)

Anil K. Anal (Author)