An integrated model to evaluate water-energy-food nexus at a household scale

Hussien, Wa’el A.; Memon, Fayyaz Ali; Savić, Dragan

doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.03.034

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“…Early papers in this literature called for the need to better understand the complex interactions among these resource systems in order to "to co-balance the costs of tradeoffs and identify the synergies" [8] (p. 618). Numerous studies sought to understand synergies and trade-offs using simulation models, system dynamics models, case studies and other tools [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. The frameworks used within this theme were, for the most part, based on disciplinary perspectives such as chemical engineering, chemistry [52], and process system engineering [53].…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Food-Energy-Water Nexus Literature

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Rapid growth in the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus literature calls for an assessment of the trajectory and impacts of this scholarship to identify key themes and future research directions. In this paper, we report on a bibliometric analysis of this literature that focuses on (1) examining publication trends and geographic focus of research, (2) identifying research hotspots and emerging themes, (3) assessing the integrated nature of research, and (4) reflecting on major developments and ways forward. We used Elsevier’s SCOPUS database to search for publications from January 2011 to May 2018 on the FEW nexus, and analyzed the final sample of 257 publications using BibExcel and Vosviewer software tools. The analysis showed steady growth in publications since 2011 with a sharp upturn in 2015 and 2016, coinciding with major funding calls. Thematic analysis of abstracts revealed a strong focus on quantitative resource interlinkages with limited attention to qualitative institutional capacities and intersectoral governance challenges. Term co-occurrence network map showed the term “investment” connected with a large number of frequently cited terms, while the term “governance” demonstrated much weaker links. We reflect on how these findings may help us better understand and address the enduring challenge of transitioning from nexus thinking to action.

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Food-Energy-Water Nexus Literature

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“…By directly addressing impacts of water scarcity and productivity on farm labor, this paper moves towards a more integrated water-energy-food nexus. In contrast to an application using a fully integrated systems dynamics-based model [9], this paper relies on the estimates of crop production and irrigation use resulting from income maximizing farms [10] to develop a perspective on tradeoffs between labor increasing and decreasing incentives resulting from increasing water scarcity. We provide foundational elements contributing to sustainable livelihood approaches requiring integrated assessments [11] by including theoretically consistent linkages between water use and allocation, food production, and farm labor.…”

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Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor

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Trees

2020

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Increasing water scarcity causes a variety of pressures on agricultural production given current and growing food demands. This paper seeks to add to our understanding of water scarcity adaptations by explicitly addressing linkages between water scarcity, water productivity, cropping choices, and farm labor. We challenge the widespread claim that tightening foreign (especially Mexican) labor supply will necessarily result in less labor-intensive crop choices. Instead, by linking water scarcity and farm labor through the lens of water productivity we illustrate scenarios under which climate and technological change result in greater future labor demand in agriculture, including temporary and seasonal workers, largely due to water productivity increases resulting from switching to more labor-intensive crops. We conclude that a focus on crop choices is central to understanding changes in water productivity, labor demand, and technological innovations in response to water scarcity.

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“…Full understanding of this nexus and characterization of its internal feedbacks is required in order to be able to make informed, meaningful (policy) decisions [14]. Herein lies a current gap in understanding, as many previous studies either: (1) consider only one or perhaps two nexus sectors, neglecting impacts on the others [7,15]; or (2) consider more sectors, but only for very local, specific case studies that lack wider applicability [16,17]. Efforts are required, therefore, to consider many nexus sectors together at a range of scales from regional to international in order to develop a more general understanding of nexus behaviour, and the potential impact of climate, socio-economic and policy changes on this behaviour.…”

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Multi-Stakeholder Development of a Serious Game to Explore the Water-Energy-Food-Land-Climate Nexus: The SIM4NEXUS Approach

Sušnik

Chew

Domingo³

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Water, energy, food, land and climate form a tightly-connected nexus in which actions on one sector impact other sectors, creating feedbacks and unanticipated consequences. This is especially because at present, much scientific research and many policies are constrained to single discipline/sector silos that are often not interacting (e.g., water-related research/policy). However, experimenting with the interaction and determining how a change in one sector could impact another may require unreasonable time frames, be very difficult in practice and may be potentially dangerous, triggering any one of a number of unanticipated side-effects. Current modelling often neglects knowledge from practice. Therefore, a safe environment is required to test the potential cross-sectoral implications of policy decisions in one sector on other sectors. Serious games offer such an environment by creating realistic 'simulations', where long-term impacts of policies may be tested and rated. This paper describes how the ongoing (2016-2020) Horizon2020 project SIM4NEXUS will develop serious games investigating potential plausible cross-nexus implications and synergies due to policy interventions for 12 multi-scale case studies ranging from regional to global. What sets these games apart is that stakeholders and partners are involved in all aspects of the modelling definition and process, from case study conceptualisation, quantitative model development including the implementation and validation of each serious game. Learning from playing a serious game is justified by adopting a proof-of-concept for a specific regional case study in Sardinia (Italy). The value of multi-stakeholder involvement is demonstrated, and critical lessons learned for serious game development in general are presented.

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An integrated model to evaluate water-energy-food nexus at a household scale

Cited by 165 publications

References 34 publications

A Bibliometric Analysis of Food-Energy-Water Nexus Literature

A Bibliometric Analysis of Food-Energy-Water Nexus Literature

Implications of Water Scarcity for Water Productivity and Farm Labor

Multi-Stakeholder Development of a Serious Game to Explore the Water-Energy-Food-Land-Climate Nexus: The SIM4NEXUS Approach

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