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- Title
Participatory Mapping of the Water-Food-Energy Nexus in the Brazilian Semiarid Region to meet the SDGs.
- Authors
Gorayeb, Adryane; Uchôa Tavares, Gislleidy; de Oliveira Santos, Jader; dos Santos Júnior, Jair Bezerra; Brannstrom, Christian; Di Lorenzo, Mirella
- Abstract
The concept of the water-food-energy nexus (WFE) was initially configured from the Bonn Conference in 2011, in Germany, under the theme “The water, energy and food security nexus - Solutions for the Green Economy” in which it sought to contribute directly to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20), held in 2012, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (Hoff, 2011). The Nexus, according to Karlberg et al. (2015), emphasizes the interconnections between the environment and human development, and the need for integrated and intersectoral coordination, management and governance. Thus, the WFE nexus approach analyzes the interconnections between the uses of these resources in the environment, essential for social well-being, sustainable development and the preservation of biodiversity (Albrecht et al., 2018). However, such studies are incipient and based on mostly top-down quantitative methodologies, with few examples of participatory and local-scale approaches. Water, food and energy problems tend to increase due to the scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the most socio-environmentally vulnerable communities. Furthermore, world population growth has direct consequences on the demand for natural resources, meaning that growing numbers of people will continue to depend on and impact on these elements. Thus, studying the nexus directly implies eradicating poverty and reducing social inequalities, in addition to meeting energy security, combating hunger and malnutrition, increasing access to water and sanitation, as set out by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations (UN).
- Subjects
CARTOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL geography; GEOGRAPHIC information systems; CARTOGRAPHIC materials; SWOT analysis
- Publication
Abstracts of the ICA, 2023, Vol 6, p1
- ISSN
2570-2106
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/ica-abs-6-75-2023