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The Food-Energy-Water Nexus

  • Provides interdisciplinary treatment to the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus complex influence on social ecological systems
  • Presents examples, case studies and tools including modeling and computing
  • Provides introduction for environmental studies students

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Framing the Nexus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Peter Saundry, Benjamin L. Ruddell
      Pages 3-32
    3. Systems Science

      • Peter Saundry, Benjamin L. Ruddell
      Pages 33-63
    4. Development

      • Peter Saundry, Benjamin L. Ruddell
      Pages 65-100
    5. Human Behavior and Adaptation

      • Mary Doidge, Elena Irwin, Nicole Sintov, Robyn S. Wilson
      Pages 101-127
    6. Economics

      • Bruce A. McCarl, Yingqian Yang
      Pages 129-151
    7. International Governance

      • Antti Belinskij, Kaisa Huhta, Marko Keskinen, Outi Ratamäki, Peter Saundry
      Pages 153-186
    8. Trade

      • Peter Saundry, Benjamin L. Ruddell
      Pages 187-207
    9. US Governance

      • Beth Kinne, Darrin Magee
      Pages 209-236
    10. Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services

      • Nathanial Matthews, Wei Zhang, Andrew Reid Bell, Lara Treemore-Spears
      Pages 237-258
    11. Infrastructure

      • Benjamin L. Ruddell, Hongkai Gao, Okan Pala, Richard Rushforth, John Sabo
      Pages 259-295
    12. Climate Change

      • Peter Saundry
      Pages 297-321
  3. Tools

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323
    2. Questions and Scales

      • Michael Carbajales-Dale, Emre Eftelioglu, Carey W. King, Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Peter Saundry et al.
      Pages 325-345
    3. Metrics

      • Michael Carbajales-Dale, Carey W. King
      Pages 347-372
    4. Data

      • Benjamin L. Ruddell
      Pages 373-401
    5. Modeling

      • Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm
      Pages 403-428
    6. Computing

      • Emre Eftelioglu, Shashi Shekhar
      Pages 429-457
    7. Applying Science to Practice

      • Emre Eftelioglu, Fernando R. Miralles-Wilhelm, Rabi Mohtar, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Peter Saundry, Shashi Shekhar
      Pages 459-482

About this book

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.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Energy Policy and Climate, Advanced Academic Programs, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA

    Peter Saundry

  • Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, USA

    Benjamin L. Ruddell

About the editors

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 policy integration, energy and climate policy development, and federal funding for  energy and climate research and development. His PhD is in Physics from the University of Southern California, and was an American Physical Society Congressional Science Fellow for the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. Senate.

Ben Ruddell is currently a Professor in and the Director of the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University, the President of Ruddell Environmental consulting, Chief Science Officer for Criticality Sciences Inc., and the Director of the FEWSION project. His PhD is in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Arizona (Water Resources practice). His professional goals are the advancement of the science and management of complex systems, and excellence in education in a university setting.



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eBook USD 49.99
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Softcover Book USD 64.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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