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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"Water-Energy"”.
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INTERFACIAL THERMAL MANIPULATION FOR WATER-ENERGY HARVESTING
Water and energy serve as the bedrock of social stability, economic growth, and human civilization worldwide. Converting solar/waste heat via efficacious heat harvesting technologies promises to offer clean water and energy with minimal environmental impacts. This thesis aims to explore interfacial …
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The Water-Energy Nexus for Hydraulic Fracturing
<p>The water energy nexus represents the intersection of water use, energy production, electricity generation, and waste generation and disposal. The rapid rise of unconventional natural gas and oil production through the combined processes of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing have …
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Global Food Security Under Climate-Water-Energy Nexus
… to yield growth. However, population growth, water and energy crisis, and extreme weather, climate change, etc. threaten the global food security. The focus of this study is to advance the understanding of the associations between crops productivity and large scale and local scale climatic …
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The Water/Energy Nexus: Climate, Consumption and Ecosystem Services
<p>Water and energy are drivers of living systems. This work provides an assessment of the Water Energy Nexus in the United States, comparing the well-watered north-east and the arid west. Electric grid systems are most stressed on hot summer afternoons. Grid stress can lead to cascading failures …
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The Impact of Water-Energy Feedback on Water Conservation at Residence Halls
Demand for potable water and energy is increasing with growing populations and economies and many fear that scarcity of such resources will become a significant worldwide problem in the future. As such, promoting water and energy conservation in residential building environments has become an …
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WATER-ENERGY-CLIMATE NEXUS: INTERDEPENDANCIES AND TRADEOFFS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR STRATEGIC RESOURCE PLANNING
The water-energy nexus has been an active area of research in recent decades and has been explored in many different directions pertaining to its core. It is imperative to manage water and energy in a holistic approach as there are critical interconnections between the two systems. Climate change …
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Towards supporting cohesive decision making across water, energy and food through understanding challenges in Malawi
… In 2011, the World Economic Forum identified water, energy and food (WEF) security as a global risk, and the WEF nexus concept was first recognised and described in time for the Bonn conference in Germany the same year. The increasing pressures on our planet have resulted in resource …
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Water-energy nexus in the UAE in relation to climate change and adaptation policy scenarios
Water and Energy systems that were once considered disparate, are coupled in many ways. Generation, transmission and distribution of each system relies on the other system. The interaction becomes significantly stronger in economies dependent on desalination for their water resources. One such …
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Remote Sensing Big Data and Physical Models for Resilience to Geohazards in the Water-Energy Nexus
… alterations in geosystems within the water-energy nexus and the dynamics of human-induced seismicity. By integrating satellite-based remote sensing, and physics-based models, my work offers new insights into these interconnected phenomena. It introduces innovative forecasting …
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Mainstreaming Water Energy Food Nexus thinking and drought preparedness into local municipal planning: An analysis in the Bergrivier Municipality
… local municipality and major employers through a Water Energy Food Nexus lens. The study is grounded on literature based on water-energy-food nexus, the sustainable livelihoods framework and drought. Given that natural disasters such as drought tend to affect water, energy and food, it is …
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Food Loss and Waste in Agri-Food Systems: a multi-scale analysis of the impacts on the Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Use and management of energy resources from Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) nexus perspective: The case of Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), Limpopo Province
Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) are necessity resources required by human beings for sustenance, social, and economic development. Energy is at the centre of the WEF nexus due to its dual role as a driver of economic activity and the largest contributor to global warming and climate change risks. In …
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Tracing Pathways of Resource Use in the World Economy: An Analysis of National and Sectoral Influence across the Global Water-Energy-Land System
… and their exploitation drives. The so-called Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus has served as a focal point for the conceptual, theoretical and empirical development of this agenda. However, boundaries for WEF nexus assessment are usually established without a foundational understanding of major …
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Assessing sustainable water, energy and food nexus smart innovations, technologies and practices in Luvuvhu and Nzhelele River catchments areas, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa.
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus aids in comprehending the complex and ever-evolving connections between these three essential resources. Climate change and slow economic growth are triggering an increase in pressure on global WEF resources. These present an increase in levels of trade-offs and …
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Exploring the relationship between the water-energy-food nexus and livelihoods at the local scale: a case study focussed on a low-income residential area in Velddrif, South Africa
The water-energy-food nexus (WEF nexus) has primarily been applied to addressing WEF security at large spatial scales in response to resource scarcity concerns. In contrast, WEF security at local levels, particularly amongst the poor, has received little attention. This thesis addresses this gap by …
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Decentralized Co-Optimization of Water and Energy Distribution Systems
The increasing interdependence between water and energy systems has intensified the need for coordinated planning and operational strategies that enhance the efficiency, resilience, and sustainability of both infrastructures. Traditional approaches manage electrical power and potable water networks …
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A Bioinspired Approach to Engineer the Seed Microenvironment
… technological solutions that will impact water, energy and food security (WEFS). These new technologies can then be implemented to address major societal problems that are linked to climate change, soil degradation and increasing population. In particular, our objective is to augment …
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Pollution prevention studies in the textile wet processing industry
… industry. This industry uses vast amounts of water, energy and chemicals. PP audits were conducted at four textile companies. The companies were located in Virginia and included: a denim and soft wash laundry- a fiberglass yam processing plant; a plant dyeing and printing cotton fabric; and a …
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An analysis of the surface moisture fluxes in the Argentinian Cordoba region using the 2018-2019 RELAMPAGO field campaign data
… leaving gaps in estimation and modeling of the water-energy balance. Near surface land-atmosphere interactions can be difficult to capture accurately using popular remote sensing techniques, and moreover, obtaining ground measurements is time, labor, and economically intensive. Issues with …
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