Tradeoffs in the water-energy- food nexus in the urbanizing Asia-Pacific region

In order to evaluate the potential benefit and negative impacts of urbanization on the water-energy-food nexus, analyses have been made in Asia-Pacific countries with production-consumption relationships of water-energy-food nexus. Negative correlations have been found between urbanization rates and...

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Published in:Water international 2018-08, Vol.43 (6), p.892-903
Main Authors: Taniguchi, Makoto, Masuhara, Naoki, Teramoto, Shun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision making
Energy
Energy consumption
Food
Food consumption
Food production
Foods
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Hydrometeorology
Production
Residential energy
Resource development
resource management
Urbanization
Water
Water consumption
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Summary:In order to evaluate the potential benefit and negative impacts of urbanization on the water-energy-food nexus, analyses have been made in Asia-Pacific countries with production-consumption relationships of water-energy-food nexus. Negative correlations have been found between urbanization rates and energy consumption rates for water and food production. This is because of the difference in decision making processes of resource development as urbanization progresses. Some positive relationships have been found between water consumption for energy production and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and between water consumption for food production and hydro-meteorological conditions such as dry or wet countries.
ISSN:0250-8060
1941-1707
1941-1707
DOI:10.1080/02508060.2018.1516104