The Nexus of Water–Food–Land–Energy: An Approach to Improve System Sustainability
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water-Energy Nexus".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (13 December 2023) | Viewed by 2831
Special Issue Editors
Interests: water footprint; energy; sustainability
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2.Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society (IREES), University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
Interests: water footprint; energy; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The nexus of water, food, land, and energy is an important topic. Water is becoming increasingly scarce, food requires natural resources such as water and land, and agriculture causes greenhouse gas emissions, while energy requires more and more freshwater, and freshwater needs more and more energy. The rising demand for food and energy, e.g., larger electricity demand, or the use of some types of renewable energy sources, might require more freshwater, for example, for the cooling of power plants or the irrigation of energy crops. Additionally, hydropower might have a relatively large water footprint per unit of electricity when hydropower stations are located in areas with large amounts of water evaporation.
This Special Issue is open to papers advancing the knowledge on water, food, land, and energy relationships or showing innovative applications. We welcome, for example, papers that analyze ways to improve efficient water use or decrease water pollution. Papers comparing water footprints of different types of energy are also most welcome. We also encourage papers on global energy scenarios and water, including the role of new energy sources or on trade-offs between water, land, and carbon footprints related to food and energy production.
Dr. Winnie Gerbens-Leenes
Dr. S.D. Vaca Jimenez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- water–food–land–energy nexus
- water resources management
- water footprint assessment
- sustainable production
- water, land, and carbon footprint trade-offs
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