Journal
WATER
Volume 7, Issue 10, Pages 5806-5830Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w7105806
Keywords
water-energy-food nexus (WEF); integrated tools; integrated indices; benefit-cost analysis (BCA); optimization management models; integrated maps; ontology engineering; physical models; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary
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- R-08-Init Project, entitled Human-Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-Energy-Food Nexus at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) in Kyoto, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15K00674] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This paper focuses on a collection of methods that can be used to analyze the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus. We classify these methods as qualitative or quantitative for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches. The methods for interdisciplinary research approaches can be used to unify a collection of related variables, visualize the research problem, evaluate the issue, and simulate the system of interest. Qualitative methods are generally used to describe the nexus in the region of interest, and include primary research methods such as Questionnaire Surveys, as well as secondary research methods such as Ontology Engineering and Integrated Maps. Quantitative methods for examining the nexus include Physical Models, Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), Integrated Indices, and Optimization Management Models. The authors discuss each of these methods in the following sections, along with accompanying case studies from research sites in Japan and the Philippines. Although the case studies are specific to two regions, these methods could be applicable to other areas, with appropriate calibration.
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