An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus : application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies / / Mario Giampietro [and nine others]
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| Titolo: |
An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus : application of the MuSIASEM approach to three case studies / / Mario Giampietro [and nine others]
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| Pubblicazione: | [Rome] : , : Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations, , [2013] |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (91 p.) |
| Soggetto topico: | Food supply - Case studies - Statistical methods |
| Agriculture - Case studies - Statistical methods | |
| Agriculture and energy - Case studies - Statistical methods | |
| Water-supply - Case studies - Statistical methods | |
| Water use - Case studies - Statistical methods | |
| Power resources - Case studies - Statistical methods | |
| Biomass energy - Mauritius | |
| Grain - India - Punjab | |
| Electric power - South Africa | |
| Altri autori: |
GiampietroM (Mario)
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| Note generali: | "October 2013." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [73]-77). |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""MUSIASEM AS A TOOL TO ANALYZE THE NEXUS BETWEEN FOOD, ENERGY, AND WATER SECURITY""; ""1.1. MUSIASEM AND ITS UNDERLYING CONCEPTS""; ""1.2. HOW THE TOOL WORKS""; ""1.3. THE LINK OF QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FLOW TO LAND USE""; ""APPLICATION TO CASE STUDIES""; ""2.1. CASE STUDY - THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS""; ""2.2. CASE STUDY - THE INDIAN STATE OF PUNJAB""; ""2.3 CASE STUDY - SOUTH AFRICA""; ""LESSONS LEARNED""; ""3.1. ADDED VALUE OF THE APPROACH""; ""3.2. PROBLEMATIC POINTS OF THE APPROACH""; ""REFERENCES"" |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This report presents the results of the application of an integrated analysis approach, the Multi-Scale Integrated Assessment of Society and Ecosystem Metabolism (MuSIASEM), to three case studies: (i) An analysis of the option to produce biofuel from sugarcane in the Republic of Mauritius; (ii) An exploration of the future of grain production in the Indian state of Punjab; (iii) An assessment of two alternative energy sources to produce electricity in the Republic of South Africa. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An innovative accounting framework for the food-energy-water nexus |
| ISBN: | 92-5-107957-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910972162103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Environment and natural resources management series ; ; no. 56.