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Water-Food-Energy-Environment Synergies and Tradeoffs // Major Issues and Case Studies
By Peter G. McCornick, Seleshi B. Awulachew and Michael Abebe. Using both a brief global overview as well as a closer review of four case studies…
Irrigation versus Hydropower // Sectoral Conflicts in Southern Sri Lanka
By François Molle, Priyantha Jayakody, Ranjith Ariyaratne and H. S. Somatilake. Although hydropower does not directly consume water, its generation…
Pro-poor // Implications of India's Biofuel Policies for Food, Water and the Poor
By Deepak Rajagopal. Increasing consensus about the end of cheap oil, the consequences of global warming and the need for rural development are…
Interactions between Water, Energy, Food and Environment // Evolving Perspectives and Policy Issues
By Petra Hellegers, David Zilberman, Pasquale Steduto and Peter McCornick. This paper sets the background and context of a special issue of "Water…
Sustainable Development and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus // A Perspective on Livelihoods
By Eloise M. Biggs, Eleanor Bruce, Bryan Boruff, John M. A. Duncan, Julia Horsley, Natasha Pauli, Kellie McNeill, Andreas Neef, Floris van Ogtrop,…
Advancing the Implementation of SDGs in Brazil // Integrating Water-Energy Nexus and Legal Principles for Better Governance
By Priscila Carvalho and Catalina Spataru. This study contributes to existing studies with a normative framework (sustainable development) from which…
Groundwater Governance in the Arab World // Water Resources, Use and Management in Jordan: A Focus on Groundwater
By Emad Al-Karablieh and Amer Salman. Given the water-security threat to Jordan posed by water shortages, water security has become a major domestic…
Hydropower // The Water-Energy Nexus in Chile: A Description of the Regulatory Framework for Hydroelectricity
This article offers a general description of hydropower regulations in Chile wherein two sectors that are regulated separately come to meet each…
Review // Nexus Approaches to Global Sustainable Development
By Jianguo Liu, Vanessa Hull, H. Charles J. Godfray, David Tilman, Peter Gleick, Holger Hoff, Claudia Pahl-Wostl, Zhenci Xu, Min Gon Chung, Jing Sun…
Lessons Learned // Creating an Interdisciplinary Team and Using a Nexus Approach to Address a Resource Hotspot
By: Rabi H.Mohtar, Bassel Daher. This paper reflects on the process of creating interdisciplinary teams and presents an overview of the questions and…
Special Issue // The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus in Global Drylands
Special issue of "International Journal of Water Resources Development". The contributions to this special issue were peer-reviewed presentations to…
The Water-Food-Energy Nexus // An Introduction to Nexus Concepts and Some Conceptual and Operational Problems
By Tony Allan, Martin Keulertz and Eckart Woertz. Introduction to the special issue of International Journal of Water Resources Development, "The…
Financial Challenges of the Nexus // Pathways for Investment in Water, Energy and Agriculture in the Arab World
By Martin Keulertz and Eckart Woertz. The Water–Energy–Food (WEF) nexus is a development challenge in the Arab world, particularly in the ‘core nexus…
MENA // Food-Water Security and Virtual Water Trade in the Middle East and North Africa
By Marta Antonelli and Stefania Tamea. The purpose of this study is to analyze the political economy of food-water security in the water-scarce…
Assessment // Rapid Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus in Six Selected Basins of North Africa and West Asia undergoing Transitions and Scarcity Threats
By Caroline King and Hadi Jaafar. Existing strategies for management of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa negotiate a complex system…
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