The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Optimization Models for Decision Making
- 1st Edition, Volume 32 - November 3, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Brenda Cansino-Loeza, José Maria Ponce-Ortega
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 7 1 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 5 7 2 - 9
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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.
- Includes different optimization models for the integration of water-energy-food nexus
- Considers sustainability criteria in the presented models
- Helps readers understand different approaches for trade-off solutions
- Presents general software that can be used in solving different problems
Researchers, scientists, graduate and undergraduate students in sustainability, particularly those focused on water-energy-food nexus (WEF)
Chapter 1. The water-energy-food nexus
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Water-energy nexus
1.3 Water-food nexus
1.4 Energy-food nexus
1.5 Water-energy-food nexus
1.6 Policy in the water-energy-food nexus
1.7 References
Chapter 2. Water-energy-food nexus security
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
2.9 References
Chapter 3. Decision making and optimization models of the water-energy-food system
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Decision making tools in the assessment of the water-energy-food system
3.3 References
Chapter 4. A Systematic Approach for Assessing the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for Sustainable Development
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Problem statement
4.3 Analysis and perspectives of resource stress in the world
4.3.1 North America and South America
4.3.2 Europe
4.3.3 Asia
4.3.4 Africa
4.4 Case Study
4.4.1 Water Security
4.4.2 Energy security
4.4.3 Food security
4.5 Water-Energy-Food Security Index
4.6 Water-Energy-Food Security Evaluation
4.6.1 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Security Progress
4.7 Conclusions
4.8 References
Chapter 5. Involving the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Integrating Low-Income Communities
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Problem Statement
5.3 Methodology
5.3.1 Model formulation
5.3.2 multi-stakeholder approach
5.4 Case study
5.5 Results
5.6 Conclusions
5.7 Nomenclature
5.8 References
Chapter 6. Stochastic Optimization of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Disadvantaged Rural Communities
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Problem statement
6.3 Methodology
6.3.1 Uncertain parameters
6.3.2 Energy supply
6.3.3 Water supply
6.3.4 Nutritional requirements
6.3.5 Social index
6.3.6 Mathematical model
6.3.6.1 Objective functions in multi-objective approach
6.4 Case study
6.5 Results
6.5.1 Deterministic solution
6.5.2 Impact of uncertainty
6.5.3 Stochastic solution
6.5.4 Poverty and Marginalization Index
6.6 Conclusions
6.7 Nomenclature
6.8 References
Chapter 7. Sustainable Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus Through a Multi-Stakeholder Optimization Approach
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Problem statement
7.3 Methodology
7.3.1 Mathematical model
7.4 Case study
7.5 Results
7.5.1 Min Cost Scenario
7.5.2 Min Water Scenario
7.5.3 Min GHGE Scenario
7.5.4 Simultaneous Optimization for the Multi-objective Scenario
7.5.5 Multi-Stakeholder Approach
7.5.6 Limitations and Future Research
7.5.7 Implications for the theory and practice
7.6 Conclusions
7.7 Nomenclature
7.8 References
Chapter 8. A water-energy-food security nexus framework based on optimal resource allocation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Problem statement
8.3 Methodology
8.3.1 Model formulation
8.3.1.1 Water sector
8.3.1.2 Energy sector
8.3.1.3 Food sector
8.3.2 WEF Nexus Security Index
8.3.2.1 Water Security
8.3.2.2 Energy Security
8.3.2.3 Food Security
8.3.3 Objective Functions: Allocation schemes
8.4 Case Study
8.5 Results
8.6 Conclusions
8.7 Nomenclature
8.8 References
Appendices
A – GAMS code for the model of Chapter 5
B – GAMS code for the model of Chapter 6
C – GAMS code for the model of Chapter 7
D – GAMS code for the model of Chapter 8
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 32
- Published: November 3, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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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, MexicoJP
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, MexicoRead The Water-Energy-Food Nexus on ScienceDirect