World Water Congress 2015 Edinburgh Scotland
4. Key vulnerabilities and security risks
Author(s): Rabi H. Mohtar
Rabi H. Mohtar
TEXAS A&M University
Oral: PDFAbstract
Content
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Global Shifts in Risks and Security
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Resource Interconnectedness
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Water-Energy-Food Nexus
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IWRM and Nexus
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The Structural Representative Elementary Volume (SREV)
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Soil Structure Hierarchical Scaling
Challenge: Coupling Soil Bio-geo-chemical and Physical Models within the Organized Soil System
Concluding Remarks
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The Nexus platform builds on the IWRM and invites other disciplines into water security debate. It has the potential for achieving integrated water, energy and food security.
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There is a need for Quantitative approaches to study the long term impact of any agroenvironmental practices on soil functioning.
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Valuing Water and energy resources are vital to the sustainability of food production system.
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Green Water Revolution is needed for water and food security resilience.