The Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Optimization Models for Decision Making

1st Edition, Volume 32 - November 3, 2023
Authors: Brenda Cansino-Loeza, José Maria Ponce-Ortega
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
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The Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Optimization Models for Decision Making, Volume 32 covers water, energy, and food as crucial resources for human well-being and sustainable development. These resources are inextricably interrelated, therefore, to cover water, energy, and food demands in different sectors and at different scales, it must be considered several sources to produce resources, and the interlinkages of resources for a proper integration must be considered. This book emphasizes issues that must be considered in the design of water-energy-food nexus systems, such as the selection of technologies to produce water or energy, size of technologies, and food required for nutritional demands.

In addition, mathematical models are presented for the design of water-energy-food nexus systems involving several strategies to account for issues such as sustainable development, security of resources, interest in conflicts from stakeholders, and efficient allocation of resources.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Chapter 1. The water–energy–food nexus
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Water–energy nexus
1.3 Water–food nexus
1.4 Energy–food nexus
1.5 Water–energy–food nexus
References
Chapter 2. Water–energy–food nexus security
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Water system
2.3 Energy system
2.4 Food system
2.5 Water security
2.6 Energy security
2.7 Food security
2.8 Water–energy–food security
References
Chapter 3. Decision-making and optimization models of the water–energy–food system
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Mathematical optimization
References
Chapter 4. A systematic approach for assessing the water–energy–food nexus for sustainable development
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Problem statement
4.3 Analysis and perspectives of resource stress in the world
4.4 Case study
4.5 Results
4.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 5. Involving the water–energy–food nexus in integrating low-income communities
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Problem statement
5.3 Model formulation
5.4 Case study
5.5 Results
5.6 Conclusion
5.7 Code of the mathematical model in the software GAMS
Nomenclature
References
Chapter 6. Stochastic optimization of the water–energy–food nexus in disadvantaged rural communities
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Problem statement
6.3 Methodology
6.4 Case study
6.5 Results
6.6 Conclusion
6.7 Codel of the mathematical model implemented in the software GAMS
Nomenclature
References
Chapter 7. Sustainable assessment of water–energy–food nexus through a multistakeholder optimization approach
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Problem statement
7.3 Mathematical model
7.4 Case study
7.5 Results
7.6 Limitations and future research
7.7 Implications for the theory and practice
7.8 Conclusion
7.9 Code of the mathematical model implemented in the software GAMS
Nomenclature
References
Chapter 8. A water–energy–food security nexus framework based on optimal resource allocation
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Problem statement
8.3 Water–energy–food nexus optimization framework
8.4 Model formulation
8.5 Case study
8.6 Results
8.7 Conclusion
8.8 Code of the mathematical model in the software GAMS
Nomenclature
References
Index

Brenda Cansino-Loeza

M.C. Brenda Cansino-Loeza received her master’s degree in the Chemical Engineering Department in the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Mexico in 2019. She stayed as a scholar researcher at Texas A&M University Currently, she is PhD Student at the Chemical Engineering Department in the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo in Mexico. Her research interest is in optimization of water-energy-food nexus systems for the improvement of Sustainable Development Goals. She has published 11 papers and three book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise

PhD Student, Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico

José Maria Ponce-Ortega

José María Ponce-Ortega is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico. He earned his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Technology of Celaya, Mexico, in 2009 and 2003, respectively. He completed postdoctoral research at Texas A&M University, USA, and served as a visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Dr. Ponce-Ortega is a full professor and a member of the National Research System of Mexico. His research focuses on the optimization of chemical processes, sustainable design, energy, mass, water, and property integration, and supply chain optimization. He has published more than 310 papers, five books, and 60 book chapters. He has supervised 30 Ph.D. students and 50 Master’s students and secured funding for 15 research projects totaling approximately $1,000,000. Dr. Ponce-Ortega serves on the editorial boards of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy and Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, and is a subject editor for Sustainable Production and Consumption, as well as associate editor in Frontiers in Chemical Engineering.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Mexico

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