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Transport

The transport topic refers to the use of fossil fuels, renewable fuels and electricity to power various modes of transportation, including vehicles, trains, air planes and watercraft. Extracting, processing and generating transportation fuels has implications for both land and water. Transportation infrastructure and its operation also influences land availability and use decisions, and it can impact surrounding ecosystems and waterways.

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Path Choice of Developing Bio-energy while Keeping Food Security ---a General Equilibrium Model

This paper focused on a discussion whether developing bio-energy will threaten food security in China. It constructed a general equilibrium…

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Energy Procedia

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1 May 2017

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Reconciling Food Security and Bioenergy: Priorities for Action

Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on crop, livestock and fisheries production, and will change the prevalence of crop pests.…

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GCB Bioenergy

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Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Asia Pacific Region

Security measures of three resources; water, energy and food are analyzed for thirty two countries in the Asia Pacific region…

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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

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1 June 2017

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Water, Energy, and Food Security in the Asia Pacific Region

Security measures of three resources; water, energy and food are analyzed for thirty two countries in the Asia Pacific region…

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Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies

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1 June 2017

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Trees for life: The Ecosystem Service Contribution of Trees to Food Production and Livelihoods in the Tropics

Despite expanding interest in ecosystem service research over the past three decades, in-depth understanding of the contribution of forests and…

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Forest Policy and Economics

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15 January 2017

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Algal Food and Fuel Coproduction can Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions while Improving Land and Water-Use Efficiency

This paper examines the trade-offs associated with producing fuel and food from algae at the energy–food–water–climate nexus.

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Environmental Research Letters

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28 October 2017

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Life Cycle Water Use of Ford Focus Gasoline and Ford Focus Electric Vehicles

To place future discussions of sustainable mobility on a firmer technical basis, this report discusses the results of a cradle-to-grave…

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Journal of Industrial Ecology

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27 August 2017

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The Food-Energy-Water Nexus

This is an overview of the food-energy-water nexus from Dr. Noureddin Driouech (UC Berkeley). Understanding the complex relationship between water,…

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University of California Berkeley