Climate, energy, and water : managing trade-offs, seizing opportunities /

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Group Author: Pittock, Jamie. (Editor); Hussey, Karen (Editor); Dovers, Stephen (Editor)
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY :
Publication Dates: 2015.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xi, 341 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781107029163 :
1107029163
Index Number: QC903
CLC: X37
Call Number: X37/C639
Contents: Justifying, extending and applying "nexus" thinking in the quest for sustainable development -- Water resources, climate change and energy -- Implications of climate change for energy systems in a multisectoral context -- Fossil fuels and water: a complex and evolving relationship -- Renewable energy and water -- Hydropower within the climate, energy and water nexus -- Water and biofuels -- Trade-offs and synergies between water and energy use in rural Australia -- Management of the urban energy-water nexus -- Managing the electricity-water nexus in China, France, India and the United States -- Cross-sectoral governance of the climate, energy and water sectors: A 'Rubik's cube' analysis of cross-sectoral co-ordination -- Regulation of the nexus -- Climate, energy and water: the potential roles and limitations of markets -- Strategies to mainstream climate change, energy, water and food security nexus knowledge and skills -- A nexus of nexuses: systemic governance for climate response -- Integrated modelling of the energy-water nexus in the American West -- Biodiversity and the climate, energy and water nexus -- Consumers, food supply chain and the nexus -- Future prospects in climate, energy and water research and policy.