Peri-Urban Areas and Food-Energy-Water Nexus Sustainability and Resilience Strategies in the Age of Climate Change /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Colucci, Angela (Editor), Magoni, Marcello (Editor), Menoni, Scira (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Environmental management.; Climate change.; Natural disasters.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.; Natural Hazards.

This book explores the nexus among food, energy and water in peri-urban areas, demonstrating how relevant this nexus is for environmental sustainability. In particular it examines the effective management of the nexus in the face of the risks and trade-offs of mitigation policies, and as a mean to c...