The Food-Energy-Water Nexus [Paperback]

This will be the first textbook on the integration of food, energy and water systems (FEWS). In recent years, the world has seen a dramatic rise in interdisciplinary energy and environmental courses and degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels. In the US for instance, the number and variety of such programs has increased significantly over the past decade,  Simultaneously, national and international initiatives that integrate food, energy and water systems have been launched. 

This textbook provides a substantive introduction to the food-energy-water nexus suitable for use in higher level undergraduate and graduate level courses and for scholars moving into the field of nexus studies without a strong background in all three areas and the many aspects of nexus studies.

Part1: Framing the Nexus.- Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Demographics, Supply, Demand and Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter3. Ecosystems at the Nexus.- Chapter4. Infrastructure.- Chapter5. Climate.- Chapter6. Economics.- Part2: Scientific Tools at the Nexus.- Chapter7. Questions and Scales.- Chapter8. Metrics.- Chapter9. Data.- Chapter10. Modeling.- Chapter11. Computing.- Chapter12. Questions and Scales revisited.- Part3: Human dimensions.- Chapter13. Human Behavior and Adaptation.- Chapter14. Conflict, Mediation, and Dispute Resolution.- Chapter15. Global and International Policy and Law.- Chapter16. U.S. Policy and Law.- Part4: Two Approaches to the Nexus.- Chapter17. Cities.- Chapter18. Watersheds.

Peter Saundry is an Adjunct Professor of Energy at Johns Hopkins University and Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and Environment where he was Executive Director (1993-2016). He is also a consultant on science and pollC0