Editors:
- Is the first book to analyze the water–energy–food security nexus for the Arab region with a view to achieving sustainable development solutions
- Offers viable solutions for creating innovative policies and judicious use of new technologies in water security in the Arab region
- Integrates water, energy, and food security across the Arab region and discusses the corresponding policies
Part of the book series: Water Security in a New World (WSEC)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
This book investigates the need for a more open and interdisciplinary dialogue on the nexus of food, water and energy security in the Arab region. It argues that achieving sustainable economic development is irretrievably tied to the security of the water–energy–food nexus, which is in turn essential for bringing about sustained peace. Further, it discusses various approaches to achieving these lofty objectives, and offers the following take-away messages:
- The Arab region is currently under considerable water stress, and the situation will continue to get worse with a number of global changes – most notably those related to climate and regional water distribution.
- Viable solutions are available in the Arab region and can be implemented through innovative policies, judicious use of new technologies, and stimulating public opinion.
- Integration across water, energy, and food sectors is obviously needed but achieving it in practice is extremely challenging.
- There are some gaps in the scientific understanding but at the same time there is a wealth of data and synthesized information that can guide decision-making.
Editors and Affiliations
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Private Consultant, Burlington, Canada
Kamel Amer
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Pacific Water Research Centre, Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Zafar Adeel
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UNESCO Liaison Office in Addis Abeba with the African Union and UNECA, UNESCO, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Benno Böer
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Sana’a, Yemen
Walid Saleh
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Water, Energy, and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region
Editors: Kamel Amer, Zafar Adeel, Benno Böer, Walid Saleh
Series Title: Water Security in a New World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48408-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48407-5Published: 15 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83935-6Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48408-2Published: 01 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2367-4008
Series E-ISSN: 2367-4016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 229
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Water and Health, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Water Industry/Water Technologies