| Water, Energy, Food and People Across the Global South: 'The Nexus' in an Era of Climate Change 2018 Edition Contributor(s): Swatuk, Larry a. (Editor), Cash, Corrine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319640232 ISBN-13: 9783319640235 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | World - African - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 320.4 |
| Series: International Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.65 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection critically engages the resource use nexus. Clearly, a nexus-approach to resource policy, planning and practice is essential if sustainable development goals are to be met. In particular, in an era of climate change, an integrated approach to water, energy and agriculture is imperative. Agriculture accounts for 70% of global water withdrawals, food production accounts for 30% of global energy use and a rising global population requires more of everything. As shown in this collection, scholars of resource development, governance and management are 'nexus sensitive', utilizing a sort of 'nexus sensibility' in their work as it focuses on the needs of people particularly, but not only, in the global South. Importantly, a nexus-approach presents academics and practitioners with a discursive space in which to shape policy through research, to deepen and improve understandings of the interconnections and impacts of particular types of resource use, and to critically reflect on actions taken in the name of the 'nexus'.
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