Climate change vulnerability in the food, energy, and water nexus: Concerns for agricultural production in Arizona and its urban export supply

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Berardy, Andrew ^a   Chester, Mikhail V ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; Arizona; climate change; food energy water nexus; southwest; sustainability; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CROPS; FOOD SUPPLY; IRRIGATION; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ARIZONA; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; INTERDEPENDENT SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION REQUIREMENTS; SOUTHWEST; THRESHOLD TEMPERATURES; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; IRRIGATION; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; EL PASO; LAS VEGAS; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; NEVADA; PHOENIX; SAN DIEGO; TEXAS; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LACTUCA;

EID: 85015215346     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5e6d     Document Type: Article

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