Planning of Food-Energy-Water-Waste (FEW2) nexus for sustainable development

Feng, Bowen; Dam, Koen H. van; Guo, Miao; Shah, Nilay; Passmore, Stephen; Wang, Xiaonan

doi:10.1186/s42480-020-0027-3

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“…Triantafyllidis et al developed the platform named as resilience.io to evaluate urban infrastructural projects. In this twofold study, agent‐based models were first devised to model the dynamic population behaviors and obtain the estimated demand of resources, followed by mixed‐integer programming to determine the optimal investment and operating solutions, accounting for both economic cost and environmental metrics such as GHG emissions . Figure shows a pictorial representation of the review content presented in this section.…”

Section: Industrial Urban Symbiosis: the Sustainability Dimension Of Smart Manufacturingmentioning

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Smart Manufacturing for Smart Cities—Overview, Insights, and Future Directions

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Advanced Intelligent Systems

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According to statistics provided by the UN in 2018, the global urban population rose from 0.75 billion in 1950 to 4.2 billion by 2018, a 5.5-fold increase in nearly seven decades. Currently, this 4.2 billion urban population accounts for 55% of the current global population, and given the trend, the global urban population is expected to touch 68% of total population by 2050. [1,2] To keep abreast with this growing shift toward urbanization, the last decade witnessed a multitude of global projects across the USA, EU, Asia Pacific, and Middle East regions to cater to the needs of a futuristic urban population through the concept of "smart cities." [3,4] Some of the popular programs include Smart Cities Initiatives by the USA, [5] EU H2020 Smart Cities and Communities project, [6] Smart Nation Program by Singapore, [7] Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (GI-REC) by UN, [8] etc., to mention a few. Existing literature shows that there is no single or standardized definition to the concept of a smart city. [9] However, the central theme usually revolves around the application of information and digital technologies to provide intelligent and innovative solutions to the demanding requirements of an urban ecosystem including infrastructure, transport, healthcare, governance, and security. [2,10] The overall essence and motivation of a smart city is to facilitate the highest quality of life to its residents, while simultaneously optimizing the resources and energy efficiency, aiding the overall sustainability, social, and economic development of the city. Given the fact that the concept of smart cities is constantly evolving, devising a single template to describe the various characteristic features of a smart city can be a challenging task. [9] However, notable efforts have been made to determine and define a few salient features or indices of a smart city, published by research organizations as well as by consulting firms. [11] Both types of reports present commonalities in terms of indices, which are integral to smart cities and hence enable their acceptance with a degree of confidence. Some of the most notable and cited reports include Cities in Motion Index by IESE, [12] Smart Cities Ranking by Juniper Research, [13] Top 50 Smart City

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Section: Industrial Urban Symbiosis: the Sustainability Dimension Of Smart Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart Manufacturing for Smart Cities—Overview, Insights, and Future Directions

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Advanced Intelligent Systems

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“…The nexus approach and circular planning for WEF sectors can increase resource flow capacity, reduce consumption, optimize production at local and regional levels, and add value to the WEF supply chain. Such integration optimizes planning for the use of resources, contributing to greater efficiency in industrial processes and infrastructure development, with consequent reductions in carbon emissions and waste generation (Lehmann, 2018;Feng et al, 2020). Local, regional, and national organizations can promote integrated planning through circular economy principles and the WEF nexus approach, focusing on improvements at the micro-meso-and macro-scales.…”

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Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

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This study explores how the concept and research on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has evolved over time. The research uncovers the key terms underpinning the phenomenon, maps the interlinkages between WEF nexus topics, and provides an overview of the evolution of the concept of WEF nexus. We analyzed published academic literature from the Scopus database and performed both qualitative and quantitative analyses using Natural Language Processing method. The findings suggest that the nexus approach is increasingly evolving into an integrative concept, and has been incorporating new topics over time, resulting in different methods for WEF nexus research, with a focus on interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral analyses. Through the five periods outlined, we have identified the nexus approach debate focused on the following predominant topics: i) Trend 1 (2012–2016) debates on WEF nexus for water management and natural resource security, ii) Trend 2 (2017–2018) linkages between the nexus, the sustainable development goals and green economy, iii) Trend 3 (2019) WEF nexus governance and policy integration, iv) Trend 4 (2020) application of the nexus concept on different scales, including regions, countries, watersheds, urban areas as well as other components coupled to the WEF nexus, and, v) Trend 5 (2021) climate change and urban nexus challenges.

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“…However, with the conceptualizations of the W-E-F nexus becoming increasingly complex and incorporating a plurality of various data, comprehensive quantitative analyses of dependencies and interactions grow more difficult. We found that most nexus analyses were conducted at regional or national levels, and their scope was highly dependent on the availability of data, national-level policy goals and metrics [38].…”

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Combining the Water–Energy–Food and Food Waste–Food Loss–Food Security Nexuses to Reduce Resource Waste

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2022

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The availability of water, energy and food plays a key role in meeting the basic needs of the world population and allowing them to achieve prosperity and supports the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). These three fundamental resources are closely interrelated, with their deep interdependencies reflected in various concepts of the ‘water–energy–food nexus’ (W–E–F). One-third of the total food produced globally results in food loss and waste (FL and FW), which also means the waste of resources used for their production, mainly energy and water. We thus propose a fusion of the W–E–F nexus and the FS–FW–FL nexus to achieve a better correlation between food production and food consumption in order to avoid additional negative effects. We explore the research problem of how the availability of water, energy and food resources can be improved by reducing FW and FL. The objective of this paper is to present an overview of opportunities to reduce the negative effects of FWL. The review paper is based on a comprehensive analysis of the literature, exploration of various (basic and extended) W–E–F models and their linkages with SDG and the entirety of the food supply chain from field to table. In addition to a literature analysis, we applied comparative methods, modeling, visualization and basic indicators of descriptive statistics. Although the amount of literature on this topic is growing, we found that systematic knowledge is still scarce, with each new study putting forth yet more new solutions. Although the data in various studies show somewhat different results, we conclude that reducing FW and FL has a positive, harmonizing effect on the W–E–F nexus.

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Planning of Food-Energy-Water-Waste (FEW2) nexus for sustainable development

Cited by 25 publications

References 35 publications

Smart Manufacturing for Smart Cities—Overview, Insights, and Future Directions

Smart Manufacturing for Smart Cities—Overview, Insights, and Future Directions

Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

Combining the Water–Energy–Food and Food Waste–Food Loss–Food Security Nexuses to Reduce Resource Waste

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