1st Edition

Sustainability in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

248 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

It is beyond doubt that the interconnectedness between food, energy, water security and environmental sustainability exists and is getting amplified with increased globalization. It has been recognized that efforts to address only one part of a systemic problem by neglecting other inherently interlinked aspects may not lead to desirable and sustainable outcomes. In this perspective, policy- and... Read more

Introduction
Sustainability in the water–energy–food nexus
Anik Bhaduri, Claudia Ringler, Ines Dombrowski, Rabi Mohtar and Waltina Scheumann

1. The impact of water users’ associations on the productivity of irrigated agriculture in Pakistani Punjab
Dawit K. Mekonnen, Hira Channa and Claudia Ringler

2. Water–energy–food (WEF) Nexus Tool 2.0: guiding integrative resource planning and decision-making
Bassel T. Daher and Rabi H. Mohtar

3. Bioenergy, food security and poverty reduction: trade-offs and synergies along the water–energy–food security nexus
Alisher Mirzabaev, Dawit Guta, Jann Goedecke, Varun Gaur, Jan Börner, Detlef Virchow, Manfred Denich and Joachim von Braun

4. Application of a water–energy–food nexus framework for the Duero river basin in Spain
Beatriz Mayor, Elena López-Gunn, Fermín I. Villarroya and Esperanza Montero

5. Reuse of oil and gas produced water in south-eastern New Mexico: resource assessment, treatment processes, and policy
Enid J. Sullivan Graham, Anne C. Jakle and F. David Martin

6. Water–energy–food nexus in a transboundary context: the Euphrates–Tigris river basin as a case study
Aysegül Kibaroglu and Sezin Iba Gürsoy

7. Water–food–energy nexus in Chile: the challenges due to global change in different regional contexts
Francisco J. Meza, Sebastian Vicuna, Jorge Gironás, David Poblete, Francisco Suárez and Melanie Oertel

8. How would the Rogun Dam affect water and energy scarcity in Central Asia?
Maksud Bekchanov, Claudia Ringler, Anik Bhaduri and Marc Jeuland

9. Governance of transitions towards sustainable development – the water–energy–food nexus in Cyprus
Johannes Halbe, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Manfred A. Lange and Christina Velonis

10. The water–energy–food (WEF) security nexus: the policy perspective of Bangladesh
Animesh K. Gain, Carlo Giupponi and David Benson

11. Where is the power? Transnational networks, authority and the dispute over the Xayaburi Dam on the Lower Mekong Mainstream
Oliver Hensengerth

Biography

Anik Bhaduri, Sustainable Water Future Programme, Brisbane,Australia

Claudia Ringler, International Food Policy Research Institute

Ines Dombrowsky, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Rabi Mohtar, Texas AM University, USA

Waltina Scheumann , German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)