The Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Allouche, Jérémy; Middleton, Carl; Gyawali, Dipak

doi:10.4324/9781315209067

Cited by 64 publications

(56 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…However, this too is not without complication. The nexus approach has been criticised for lacking novelty and repackaging existing frameworks (Wichelns, 2017), for failing to produce a robust intellectual toolkit or provide proof that the nexus approach produces better resource management outcomes (Galaitsi and Huber-lee, 2018), and, like SES, for failing to critically engage with issues of power (Allouche et al, 2019). Additionally, the WEF Nexus is lacking practical application.…”

Section: A Novel Conceptual Interpretation For Ibwt Research and Practice: The Enhanced Water-energy-food Nexus Model (Ewef)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As McGrane et al (2019) argue, there are two key challenges in implementing the WEF Nexus approach: the first is scale, and the challenge of identifying interdependencies across multiple spatial and temporal scales and between different actors; the second is data on which to found this analysis. Building on these challenges, Allouche et al (2019) Based on these critiques, we suggest that neither the SES nor WEF models is ideally suited for conceptualising the role of IBWT in our changing world. Both have limited utility to assist planners, water managers, or communities in assessing their viability and sustainability.…”

Section: A Novel Conceptual Interpretation For Ibwt Research and Practice: The Enhanced Water-energy-food Nexus Model (Ewef)mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model

Rollason

Sinha

Bracken

2021

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water scarcity is a global issue, affecting in excess of four billion people. Interbasin Water Transfer (IBWT) is an established method for increasing water supply by transferring excess water from one catchment to another, water-scarce catchment. The implementation of IBWT peaked in the 1980s and was accompanied by a robust academic debate of its impacts. A recent resurgence in the popularity of IBWT, and particularly the promotion of mega-scale schemes, warrants revisiting this technology. This paper provides an updated review, building on previously published work, but also incorporates learning from schemes developed since the 1980s. We examine the spatial and temporal distribution of schemes and their drivers, review the arguments for and against the implementation of IBWT schemes and examine conceptual models for assessing IBWT schemes. Our analysis suggests that IBWT is growing in popularity as a supply-side solution for water scarcity and is likely to represent a key tool for water managers into the future. However, we argue that IBWT cannot continue to be delivered through current approaches, which prioritise water-centric policies and practices at the expense of social and environmental concerns. We critically examine the Socio-Ecological Systems and Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus models as new conceptual models for conceptualising and assessing IBWT. We conclude that neither model offers a comprehensive solution. Instead, we propose an enhanced WEF model (eWEF) to facilitate a more holistic assessment of how these mega-scale engineering interventions are integrated into water management strategies. The proposed model will help water managers, decision-makers, IBWT funders and communities create more sustainable IBWT schemes.

show abstract

Section: A Novel Conceptual Interpretation For Ibwt Research and Practice: The Enhanced Water-energy-food Nexus Model (Ewef)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Novel Conceptual Interpretation For Ibwt Research and Practice: The Enhanced Water-energy-food Nexus Model (Ewef)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model

Rollason

Sinha

Bracken

2021

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Irrespective of its alphabetical or chronological order, there is a need to govern and manage inter and intra disciplinary synergy to ensure fundamental and survival rights of clean air, food, and water to our future generations. Governing the Nexus is probably one of the grand challenges of current time, as quoted by Jeremy Allouche et.al, explicitly explaining the reason for complexity in the management of so called 'nirvana concept' of nexus [19]. Author's justification on 'Nexus or Nexuses?'…”

Section: Managing Nexus Through Humus and Wastementioning

confidence: 99%

Dry Cowdung Powder - Novel Unearthed Humus: Sustains Water-Food-Energy Nexus

Bagla¹

2021

Humic Substance [Working Title]

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Water-Food-Energy (WFE) Nexus regulates biosphere and irrespective of alphabetical or chronological order, it must have synergy for the sustainability of life. Population, Pollution and current Pandemic- COVID has made it vivid to entire scientific community that unless we strengthen this trio, our progressive humanity is sure to collapse. Humic Substances (HS), the originator of the life has promising utilization in almost every sectors of life, reinforcing WFE Nexus. This chapter dedicates to novel unearthed HS, Dry Cowdung Powder (DCP) and its unique contribution in sustaining the triangle of life, WFE. DCP has been employed as humiresin for bioremediation of wastewater containing heavy metals and radionuclides. The known candidate for Biorhexistasy, DCP increases soil fertility, minimizes erosion and acidification. It is also extensively explored as biofuel, green and clean source of energy. ‘Nothing of Nature is a Waste’ and ‘Waste is a Commodity’ aptly describes DCP, the sustainer of WFE Nexus.

show abstract

“…Population growth, natural resources depletion, and climate change are some of the critical factors considered when proposing a novel framework for addressing the threats posed to food, water, and energy security, and to develop innovative and efficient management systems that create greater synergies between these sectors [ 17 , 18 ]. Driven by these goals, the nexus is based on three principles: investing to sustain ecosystems services, creating more with less, and accelerating access by integrating the poorest [ 7 ].…”

Section: The Food–water–energy (Fwe) Nexusmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Efficacy, Values, and Knowledge on Public Preferences Concerning Food–Water–Energy Policy Tradeoffs

Gardezi

Steel

Lavado

2020

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Food, water, and energy (FWE) policies often entail contentious tradeoffs. For example, increasing food production may involve irrigation from riparian sources that may adversely impact fisheries habitats, the siting of solar energy on agricultural lands can impact food production, and increasing food production capacity may require pesticides in certain locations, resulting in environmental pollution. Because public preferences are an important component of support for and opposition to FWE policy design and implementation, it is important to understand the correlates of support and opposition to FWE policy tradeoffs. Using survey data from random household surveys conducted in western U.S. states during 2018, this study examined how environmental efficacy, values, and knowledge affected FWE public tradeoff preferences. The findings suggest that these characteristics do affect public FWE tradeoff preferences, with knowledge being a strong driver of support for food production over biofuels, water friendly crops over meat production and conservation over water intensive agriculture. Additionally, environmental efficacy and pro-ecological attitudes drive support for access to safe drinking water and sanitation over food security for a growing population.

show abstract

The Water–Food–Energy Nexus

Cited by 64 publications

References 0 publications

Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model

Interbasin water transfer in a changing world: A new conceptual model

Dry Cowdung Powder - Novel Unearthed Humus: Sustains Water-Food-Energy Nexus

The Impact of Efficacy, Values, and Knowledge on Public Preferences Concerning Food–Water–Energy Policy Tradeoffs

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About