Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainability in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainability in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
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DOI：
10.3389/fenvs.2019.00007
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发表时间：
2019-02-08
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Tang, Shaohui
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作者：
Bielicki, Jeffrey M.;Beetstra, Margaret A.;Tang, Shaohui
人们对食品、能源和水 (FEW) 系统的环境、经济和社会可持续性各个方面的兴趣，无论是独立的还是集体的（即 FEW 关系），催生了越来越多的文献，这些文献试图了解 FEW 关系中的各种联系，并为增强可持续性的决策提供指导。虽然科学和数据的使用可以产生重要且相关的信息，但尚不清楚它们相对于相关政策以及各个 FEW 领域内和跨领域的政策整合有多重要。在这项工作中，我们评估了与 FEW 关系中的可持续性相关的各种考虑因素的观点。为此，我们确定了许多在 FEW 关系中拥有利益的利益相关者群体，并对这些群体的子集进行了调查。尽管我们调查的利益相关者群体的反应各不相同，但一致的结果是，利益相关者普遍认为 FEW 系统在高层次上是物理连接的，并且政策的集成度低于预期。当被迫在科学和数据优先事项或增强可持续性的综合政策优先事项之间做出选择时，来自学术界和推广领域的受访者更喜欢更多的科学和数据，而作为从业者和政策制定者或更频繁互动的受访者则更喜欢综合政策。总体而言，根据与推进可持续性和改善 FEW 关系沟通相关的其他结果和发现，我们得出结论，科学、数据和综合政策的重要性取决于利益相关者在 FEW 领域运作的背景。
Interest in the various dimensions of environmental, economic, and social sustainability for food, energy, and water (FEW) systems, independently and collectively (i.e., the FEW nexus), has spawned an increasing amount of literature that seeks to understand the various linkages within the FEW nexus and provide guidance to inform decision-making to enhance sustainability. While the use of science and data can generate important and relevant information, it is not clear how important they are relative to relevant policy and the integration of policy within and across the individual FEW domains. In this work, we assessed perspectives on various considerations that pertain to sustainability in the FEW nexus. To do so, we identified numerous stakeholder groups who have interests throughout the FEW nexus, and conducted a survey of a subset of these groups. Although the responses differed across the stakeholder groups that we surveyed, the consistent result was that stakeholders generally understand that FEW systems are physically connected at high levels, and that policy is less integrated than desired. When forced to choose between priorities for science and data or for integrated policy to enhance sustainability, respondents from Academia and Extension preferred more science and data, whereas respondents who are, or more frequently interact with, practitioners and policy-makers preferred integrated policy. Overall, with other results and findings that are relevant for advancing sustainability and improving communication the FEW nexus, we conclude that the importance of science, data, and integrated policy depends on the context in which the stakeholders operate in the FEW domain.