Hidden Vulnerabilities in the Water-Energy-Land-Food (WELF) Nexus
Hidden Vulnerabilities in the Water-Energy-Land-Food (WELF) Nexus
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水-能源-土地-粮食（WELF）关系中隐藏的漏洞
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-319-71234-5_4
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发表时间：
2018
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P. Gober
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P. Gober
人们日益关切的是，传统的评估仅侧重于水资源，而忽视了水与粮食、能源和土地之间的联系。国际食品贸易包括嵌入式水，有时会产生意想不到的后果。由于这些相互依存关系，水问题可能以意想不到的形式出现。能源的生产需要大量的水来冷却和转动涡轮机。水资源短缺和与水有关的事件造成的中断可能会中断电力供应，对经济和社会产生重大影响。由于没有考虑到土地使用决定对水的影响，导致土地和水部门之间的治理差距。脆弱性可能以令人惊讶和夸张的方式出现在水，能源，食品和土地（WELF）系统中，这些系统主导着当今复杂的资源系统。
There is growing concern that traditional assessments focused on water resources alone ignore vulnerabilities related to water’s connections to food, energy, and land. The international trade in food includes embedded water, sometimes with unintended consequences. Water problems may appear in unexpected forms because of these interdependencies. The production of energy requires large volumes of water for cooling and turning turbines. Water shortages and disruptions from water-related events can interrupt power supplies with significant ramifications for the economy and society. Failure to account for the water consequences of land use decisions results in a governance gap between the land and water sectors. Vulnerabilities can occur in surprising and exaggerated ways in the water, energy, food, and land (WELF) systems that dominate today’s complex resource systems.