Sustainable development and the water-energy-food nexus: A perspective on livelihoods

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 389-397

  Biggs, Eloise M ^a   Bruce, Eleanor ^b   Boruff, Bryan ^c   Duncan, John M A ^a   Horsley, Julia ^c   Pauli, Natasha ^c   McNeill, Kellie ^d   Neef, Andreas ^d   Van Ogtrop, Floris ^b   Curnow, Jayne ^e   Haworth, Billy ^b   Duce, Stephanie ^b   Imanari, Yukihiro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^f International Water Management Institute ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

ELS; Livelihoods; Nexus; Sustainable development; Water energy food security

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HYDROPOWER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER ENERGY FOOD NEXUS;

EID: 84939620732     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2015.08.002     Document Type: Article

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