Water is intricately linked with food security, energy security, and sustainable development. As the world is moving towards sustainable development goals, it is critical to recognize the role of water in attaining these goals. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus draws attention to the complex and interrelated nature of global resource systems and forces us to think about how a decision in one sector impacts other interlinked sectors as well. This book looks at the three dimensions of sustainable development—environment, economics and society—and how water is linked with them and explores the nexus approach as a framework to look at the issues and identify solutions.
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1 The Water-Energy-Food Nexus |
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2 Water, Food, Energy and the Environment Nexus |
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3 The Urban Water-Energy-Climate Nexus and the Role of Demand Management |
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4 The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Africa |
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5 The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Europe |
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6 Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Arab Region |
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7 Recognizing the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: A Renewed Call for Systems Thinking |
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8 Linking the Water-Food-Energy Nexus to Sanitation: Will it Save and Improve Lives? |
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Section 3 Water as a Human Right |
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9 Historical Development of Human Rights, Human Rights and Environment and Human Rights to Water |
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10 Justiciability and the Case for Constitutionalization |
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11 Water Security: Emerging Paradigm, Challenges and Opportunities |
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12 Re-Defining Water Security |
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13 In the Context of Crisis and Change: Governing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Jordan River Basin |
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Section 5 Importance of Education |
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14 The 2:1 Resilience Factor, Education for Mitigation and Adaptation |
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Dr. Velma I. Grover has work experience spanning over two decades in international development with international policy think-tank, non-governmental sector, consulting and teaching at Universities (McMaster University and York University, Canada, and Kobe College, Japan), thus developing a deep understanding of stakeholder issues and policy research (mainly in the area of water and waste). She has visited Kalmar University (1999), the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment at Oxford (2008), and currently teaches at McMaster University.
Dr. Amani Alfarra has a Ph.D. degree in water resources management in the use of non-conventional water such as treated wastewater in agriculture and 25 years of experience in the field of natural resources management and policy at the country and regional levels. She currently works as a Water Resources Officer for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy, providing support to the Global Framework for Water Scarcity in Agriculture WASAG and the Source to Sea forum.
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