TITLE:
Evaluation of Technology Change Effects on Quantitative Assessment of Water, Energy and Food Nexus
AUTHORS:
Ali Karnib
KEYWORDS:
Water Energy Food Nexus, Technology Changes, Sustainable Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.5 No.3,
February
15,
2017
ABSTRACT: The quantitative assessment framework of the water, energy and food (WEF) nexus proposed by [1] permits the analysis of the WEF as an interconnected system of resources that directly and indirectly affect one another. The model performs simulation of policy options and scenarios that respond to quantitative variations of the use of WEF resources. One of the key outcomes of the mathematical formulation of the model is the WEF nexus intersectoral technology matrix. In order to take advantages and analyzing policy options of adopting high efficient intersectoral use technologies, WEF intersectoral use intensities and intersectoral allocation coefficients are introduced to the technology matrix of the nexus model proposed in [1]. The developed method is then applied to evaluate the WEF nexus case study of Lebanon. Lastly, the conclusions and further developments are presented.