Water, Energy and Food: The Problematic Aspects of the Transition from ‘Silo Approach’ to ‘Nexus Approach’ in the Arab Region

Al-Zu’bi, Maha; Keough, Noel

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64024-2_2

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“…While there has been a growing number of publications on the nexus in the context of the Arab world, little attention has been paid to specific regional approaches to enhancing resource security, or the distinct context of the GCC region. For example, Al-Zu'bi and Keough [16] outlined resource-use pressures in different sectors and highlighted the need to overcome institutional fragmentation and incoherent policies. Hamdy [17] recommended some overarching remedies such as capacity building, regional cooperation, and participation.…”

Section: Security Conception-review and Propositionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In fact, more research is needed in order to address single-risk scenarios, to model relationships between risks, or to provide detailed case studies. There have been few, mostly descriptive, nexus studies detailing status, interlinkages, and challenges in some GCC countries (e.g., Qatar [107], or Saudi Arabia [108]) or the wider Arab region; e.g., [16][17][18][109][110][111][112]. However, analyses of supply-related risks of integrated systems are lacking for this region, while some supply-risk assessments and reviews of quantitative methods exist for other cases [77,99,101,102,[113][114][115].…”

Section: State-based Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Water, Energy and Food Supply Security in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries—A Risk Perspective

Al‐Saidi

Saliba

2019

Water

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Supply systems for water, energy and food in the Gulf region are becoming highly interlinked. In the last decades, interdependence was evident in the increase of coproduction plants and the cross-sectoral resource use footprints. In light of increasing integration due to growing scarcities, the construction of mega projects for coproduction, and the use of renewables across sectors, the security notion can be revisited. This paper proposes a view of the resource supply security based on the systems’ characteristics under change and their ability to deal with risks and shocks (resilience). It introduces internal and external risk factors for the water, energy and food supply systems in the Gulf region and highlights recent knowledge on such risks. Further, the paper explains the vulnerability of supply systems to planning risks like scale, integration intensity and level of service provisions together with risks related to growth, technology, market and climate. In light of such insecurities, we stress the importance of investing in risk management and resilience policies in infrastructure planning. Response measures to future risks can focus on options like storage, knowledge, diversification and, importantly, promoting regional cooperation and synergies from common infrastructure planning between countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

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Section: Security Conception-review and Propositionsmentioning

confidence: 99%