An urban systems framework to assess the trans-boundary food-energy-water nexus: Implementation in Delhi, India

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Ramaswami, Anu ^a   Boyer, Dana ^a   Nagpure, Ajay Singh ^a   Fang, Andrew ^a   Bogra, Shelly ^b   Bakshi, Bhavik ^c   Cohen, Elliot ^d   Rao Ghorpade, Ashish ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tendril Energy Inc   (United States)

^e South Asia University   (India)

Author keywords

coupled water energy GHG footprints; food energy water nexus; risk, ground water vulnerability; supply chain; sustainability; trans boundary infrastructure footprints; urban system

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GROUNDWATER; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BOUNDARY ENERGIES; COUPLED WATERS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION; TRANS-BOUNDARY; URBAN AGRICULTURES; URBAN SYSTEMS; WATER VULNERABILITIES;

THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS);

ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDWATER; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN SYSTEM; VULNERABILITY; WATER FOOTPRINT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85015649405     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa5556     Document Type: Article

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