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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-103-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-103-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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31 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 31 Jan 2018
A framework for modelling the complexities of food and water security under globalisation
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Centre for Complex Systems Studies, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Department of Science, University College Utrecht, the Netherlands
Murugesu Sivapalan
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Elke Stehfest
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, the Netherlands
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Hague, the Netherlands
Martin J. Wassen
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Stefan C. Dekker
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
Faculty of Management, Science and Technology, Department of Science, Open University, Heerlen, the Netherlands
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- Ten principles to integrate the water-energy-land nexus with climate services for co-producing local and regional integrated assessments R. Cremades et al.
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Short summary
Ensuring sustainable food and water security is an urgent and complex challenge. As the world becomes increasingly globalised and interdependent, food and water management policies may have unintended consequences across regions, sectors and scales. Current decision-making tools do not capture these complexities and thus miss important dynamics. We present a modelling framework to capture regional and sectoral interdependence and cross-scale feedbacks within the global food system.
Ensuring sustainable food and water security is an urgent and complex challenge. As the world...
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