Water-energy nexus: A review of methods and tools for macro-assessment

Applied Energy

Volumn 210, Issue , 2018, Pages 393-408

  Dai, Jiangyu ^a   Wu, Shiqiang ^a   Han, Guoyi ^b   Weinberg, Josh ^c   Xie, Xinghua ^a   Wu, Xiufeng ^a   Song, Xingqiang ^d   Jia, Benyou ^a   Xue, Wanyun ^a   Yang, Qianqian ^a  

^a NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comprehensive case studies; Methods and tools; Nexus challenge level; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES;

CASE-STUDIES; CHALLENGE LEVELS; COMPREHENSIVE CASE STUDY; METHOD AND TOOL; NEXUS CHALLENGE LEVEL; POLICY COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATER ENERGY; WATER-ENERGY NEXUS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PLANNING METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85030856806     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.243     Document Type: Article

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