Water Policy Special Issue // Water-Energy-Food-Environment Interface: Synergies and Conflicts
This special issue of Water Policy, edited by Petra Hellegers, David Zilberman, Pasquale Steduto and Peter McCornick, gives an overview of early nexus debates, focussing on classical topics like irrigation, biofuels and hydropower.
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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 Policy" by highlighting…
Pricing // Rising Energy Prices and the Economics of Water in Agriculture
By David Zilberman, Thomas Sproul, Deepak Rajagopal, Steven Sexton and Petra Hellegers. This article looks at how rising energy prices will alter water allocation and…
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 from India, Ethiopia, Jordon…
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 frequently conflicts with…
China's Water-Energy Nexus
By Fredrich Kahrl and David Roland-Holst. As China continues to sustain high rates of economic growth, it is important to better understand patterns of resource use within…
Biofuels and Implications for Agricultural Water Use // Blue Impacts of Green Energy
By Charlotte de Fraiture, Mark Giordano and Yongsong Liao. This paper explores the land and water implications of increased biofuel production globally and with special focus…
Biofuels // Some Insights in the Effect of Growing Bio-energy Demand on Global Food Security and Natural Resources
By Alexander Müller, Josef Schmidhuber, Jippe Hoogeveen and Pasquale Steduto. Growing crops for biofuels is often criticized because of its direct competition for land for…
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 catalyzing the expansion of…