Abstract
In this short paper, we show how solutions for mitigating resource security in one sector can be found in another. We demonstrate—by means of a case study in Burkina Faso and Ghana—how investing in the electricity grid in the south leads to increase food security in the north. A new nexus framework was developed (‘MAXUS’) which was built to understand, simulate and optimize intersectoral (and international) development strategies in the water, food and energy sectors. We believe this new type of geospatial integral resource management, supported by the exponential increase of data availability of the twenty-first century, could finally turn nexus models into decision support tools.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability |
| Editors | V. Naddeo , M. Balakrishnan , K.H. Choo |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media |
| Pages | 67-70 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-030-13068-8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-030-13067-1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation |
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| ISSN (Print) | 2522-8714 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2522-8722 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- Nexus optimization framework
- Bottom-up approach
- Integrated resource management
- Remote sensing
