TY - JOUR
T1 - Data and Analysis Toolbox for Modeling the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water
AU - Sadegh, Mojtaba
AU - AghaKouchak, Amir
AU - Mallakpour, Iman
AU - Huning, Laurie S.
AU - Mazdiyasni, Omid
AU - Niknejad, Mohsen
AU - Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi
AU - Moore, Frances C.
AU - Brouwer, Jack
AU - Farid, Arvin
AU - Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza
AU - Martinez, Alexandre
AU - Mueller, Nathaniel D.
AU - Davis, Steven J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Energy, water, and food resources are highly interdependent. Agricultural irrigation accounts for 84% of global consumptive freshwater use, the food supply chain demands up to 30% of global primary energy use, and roughly 80% of global electricity generation depends on water for cooling (an average of nearly 100 L of water withdrawn per kWh). Improving understanding of the complex interactions of this resource nexus is, therefore, a top priority for human well-being, sustainable development, and policymaking. Here, we present an interactive analysis toolbox, Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water (NeFEW), that synthesizes available global data to enable modeling and analysis of these resources and their interdependencies at the country-level and for user-specified categories and quantities. Sample analyses also presented here include country-specific estimates of water resources required to produce different types of food and energy, energy required per quantity of water or agricultural product supplied, and CO2-equivalent emissions associated with water and energy provision.
AB - Energy, water, and food resources are highly interdependent. Agricultural irrigation accounts for 84% of global consumptive freshwater use, the food supply chain demands up to 30% of global primary energy use, and roughly 80% of global electricity generation depends on water for cooling (an average of nearly 100 L of water withdrawn per kWh). Improving understanding of the complex interactions of this resource nexus is, therefore, a top priority for human well-being, sustainable development, and policymaking. Here, we present an interactive analysis toolbox, Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water (NeFEW), that synthesizes available global data to enable modeling and analysis of these resources and their interdependencies at the country-level and for user-specified categories and quantities. Sample analyses also presented here include country-specific estimates of water resources required to produce different types of food and energy, energy required per quantity of water or agricultural product supplied, and CO2-equivalent emissions associated with water and energy provision.
KW - Energy
KW - Food
KW - NeFEW toolbox
KW - Nexus
KW - Water
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85086589170
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/civileng_facpubs/153
U2 - 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102281
DO - 10.1016/j.scs.2020.102281
M3 - Article
SN - 2210-6707
VL - 61
JO - Sustainable Cities and Society
JF - Sustainable Cities and Society
M1 - 102281
ER -
