The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
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Willenbockel, Dirk
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Pérez, Nicostrato D.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Zhu, Tingju
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
In countries with transitional economies such as those found in South Asia, large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) with a history of public ownership account for about 115 million ha (Mha) or approximately 45% of their total area under irrigation. In terms of the global area of irrigation (320 Mha...
Lankford, B.A.
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Makin, Ian W.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Noble, A.D.
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Shah, Tushaar
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[A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change']
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A compact to revitalise large-scale irrigation systems using a leadership-partnership-ownership 'Theory of Change'
This article reviews and contrasts two approaches that water security researchers employ to advance understanding of the complexity of water-society policy challenges. A prevailing reductionist approach seeks to represent uncertainty through calculable risk, links national GDP tightly to hydro-cl...
Zeitoun, M.
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Lankford, B.A.
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Krueger, T.
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Forsyth, T.
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Carter, R.
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Hoekstra, A.Y.
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Taylor, R.
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Varis, O.
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Cleaver, F.
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Boelens, R.
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Swatuk, L.
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Tickner, D.
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Scott, Christopher A.
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Mirumachi, N.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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[Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges]
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Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges
The resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 25 September 2015 is symptomatic of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. It postulates goals and related targets for 2030 that include (1) End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agricu...
Ringler, Claudia
,
Willenbockel, Dirk
,
Pérez, N.
,
Rosegrant, Mark W.
,
Zhu, T.
,
Matthews, Nathaniel
,
[Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment]
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Global linkages among energy, food and water: an economic assessment
Freshwater ecosystems are central to the global water cycle, in local generation of freshwater flows, and the healthy functioning and resilience of other ecosystems. Freshwater security depends on healthy ecosystems. Current human threats to freshwater ecosystems include rapid infrastructure deve...
Matthews, Nathaniel
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[People and fresh water ecosystems: pressures, responses and resilience]
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People and fresh water ecosystems: pressures, responses and resilience
In this study, we focus on water quality as a vehicle to illustrate the role that the water, energy, and food (WEF) Nexus perspective may have in promoting ecosystem services in agriculture. The mediation of water quality by terrestrial systems is a key ecosystem service for a range of actors (mu...
Bell, A.R.
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Matthews, Nathaniel
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Zhang, W.
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[Opportunities for improved promotion of ecosystem services in agriculture under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus]
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Opportunities for improved promotion of ecosystem services in agriculture under the Water-Energy-Food Nexus