A systems approach to modeling the water-energy-land-food nexus. Volume I, Defining and analyzing the landscape /

Water, energy, land, and food (WELF) resources are critical components in the overall discourse on sustainable human development. Over the next 50 years, rapid population, urbanization, and economic growth worldwide will create unprecedented demands for such resources, as well as for health, transpo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Amadei, Bernard, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Momentum Press, LLC, [2019]
Colección:Momentum Press sustainable structural systems collection.
Temas:
Natural resources > Management.
Water-supply > Management.
Power resources > Management.
Land use > Management.
Food supply > Management.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Gestion.
Ressources énergétiques > Gestion.
Utilisation du sol > Gestion.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Gestion.
Food supply > Management
Land use > Management
Natural resources > Management
Power resources > Management
Water-supply > Management
adaptive
behavior
community
context
complexity
development projects
patterns
participation
reflective practice
systems approach
systems thinking
structure
satisficing
water-energy-land-food nexus
system dynamics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Representing and analyzing the nexus
  • 1.3 Book content
  • 1.4 References
  • 2. Proposed methodology
  • 2.1 Characteristics and stages
  • 2.2 Modeling the development story
  • 2.3 From modeling to decision making
  • 2.4 Additional remarks
  • 2.5 References
  • 3. The WELF nexus and its components
  • 3.1 Landscape analysis
  • 3.2 Water security in the nexus
  • 3.3 Energy security in the nexus
  • 3.4 Land and soil security in the nexus
  • 3.5 Food security in the nexus
  • 3.6 Security across the nexus
  • 3.7 Indicators and performance metrics across the nexus
  • 3.8 References
  • 4. Characterizing the landscape in which the nexus unfolds
  • 4.1 The landscape as a system
  • 4.2 Participatory landscape appraisal
  • 4.3 Core data and information
  • 4.4 Mapping interactions across the landscape
  • 4.5 Human systems
  • 4.6 Natural systems
  • 4.7 Engineered systems
  • 4.8 Economic systems
  • 4.9 From appraisal to dynamic hypotheses
  • 4.10 Concluding remarks
  • 4.11 References
  • About the author
  • Index.

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