Governing the nexus : water, soil and waste resources considering global change /: water, soil and waste resources considering global change. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian, editors.
• Editors: Kurian, Mathew; Ardakanian, Reza
• Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Contributors; Part IGlobal Change and the Nexus Approachto Management of EnvironmentalResources; 1 The Nexus Approach to Governance of Environmental Resources Considering Global Change; 1 Introduction; 2 Evidence-Based Decision-Making; 3 Divides in Environmental Governance; 3.1 The Nexus: Overarching Research Questions on Governance and Institutional Structures; 4 Science-Policy Interface and Integrated Management of Water, Waste and Soil Resources; 4.1 Data Gaps Identified by the Bonn Conference. 4.2 Key Questions Posed by the International Kick-off Workshop, November 11 -- 12, Dresden5 Key Research Questions of Relevance to Capacity Development; 5.1 Why Does Good Science not Always Equate with Good Policy?; 5.2 Why Does Statistical Significance not Always Equate with What Is Politically Expedient?; 5.3 Institutional Arrangements and Governance Structures: Preliminary Hypothesis; 5.4 The Logic and Structure of This Volume; References; 2 The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Enhancing Adaptive Capacity to Complex Global Challenges; 1 Introduction: Global Change, Grand Challenges. 1.1 The Nexus Approach: The Antecedents1.2 Emergence of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus; 1.3 Characterizing the WEF Nexus; 2 Resource Use and Policy Integration; 2.1 Dynamics of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus; 2.2 Governance Challenges for the WEF Nexus; 2.3 Expanding the Conventional WEF Nexus: An Institutional Perspective; 3 Trade-off Between Efficiency and Effectiveness: Illustrative Cases; 3.1 Water for Energy: Carbon and Nuclear Legacies and the Transition to Renewables; 3.2 The Large Dams Debate: Irrigation, Hydropower and Environment; 3.3 The Groundwater Irrigation Power Nexus. 3.4 Wastewater Reuse for Peri-Urban Agriculture3.5 Waste Remediation, Resource Recovery, Water Reuse; 3.6 Renewable Energy: The Water-Land Nexus; 3.7 Biofuels and Food Trade-offs or Complementarities; 3.8 Small-Scale, Appropriate Tech Approaches; 4 Conclusion: Harnessing the WEF Nexus for Global Change Adaptation; 3 The Nexus Approach to Managing Water, Soil and Waste under Changing Climate and Growing Demands on Natural Resources; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Natural Resources and Human Wellbeing; 1.2 The Nexus Approach; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results; 3.1 Water-Soil-Waste Nexus. 3.2 Energy-Water Nexus3.3 Poverty-Environment Nexus; 3.4 Soil-Water-Food Nexus; 3.5 Food Security-Natural Resources Nexus; 4 Linking the S-W-S Nexus Approach to Urban Agriculture; 5 Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems; 6 Discussion; 7 Conclusions; References; Part IIFinancing of Infrastructure Projects:Implications for Sustainabilityand Accountability; 4 Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Questions of Accountability and Autonomy; 1 Introduction; 2 Decentralization Around the World and Over Time; 3 Sharing of Responsibilities Among Levels of Government; 4 Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 230 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 363.7/0561; Environment; Environmental policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Environmental policy; Science -- Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering -- Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General; Mathematics -- Applied; The environment; Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing; Agricultural science; Applied mathematics; Sustainable development; Environmental sciences; Agriculture; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319057477; 3319057472; 3319057464; 9783319057460
• Related ISBNs: 9783319057460
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 3, 2014).
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