Food-Energy-Water Nexus in Islanded Communities and High Latitudes: Issues, Pathways, and Implications

岛屿社区和高纬度地区的食物-能源-水关系：问题、途径和影响

• 批准号: 1622408
• 负责人: Anupma Prakash
• 金额: $ 4.99万
• 依托单位: University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-15 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1622408&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Food; Energy; Water; Nexus; Islanded

1622408PrakashThe sustainability of the rural Alaskan lifestyle is increasingly suspect. This proposed food-energy-water nexus workshops will lead to collaborations and results with the potential to add to this public discussion on the sustainability of this lifestyle. Attendees will be a diverse group representing academia, agencies, communities, organizations, and industry. The agenda emphasizes active participation to facilitate discussion and progress in key fields. The key result of the event will be a report including a summary of discussions, ideas for further study in the food-energy-water field, and recommendations for ways to transform workshop results into visualizations, decision-support tools and other concrete deliverables.Of the greater than 25 food-energy-water nexus workshops recently funded by the NSF, none have addressed the unique and significant challenges to food, water, and energy production and acquisition posed by high-latitude environments and "islanded communities." These include extreme swings in weather and daylight hours and the isolation of many Arctic communities from the main transport network and electrical grid. As a result, islanded communities are especially vulnerable to fluctuations and disruptions in supplies of food, energy, and water. Short growing seasons make agriculture difficult, water pollutants and hygiene are constant concerns, and imported energy costs are exorbitant. In addition, the local renewable energy sources are sporadic in nature and difficult to maintain. These issues make it incumbent upon the research community and the nation to find ways to improve the stability, efficiency, and affordability in all three areas of the nexus for islanded communities. The growing emphasis on the food-energy-water nexus has yet to be extended to islanded communities, making these areas both a crucial and fertile area for examination and research. Furthermore, the self-contained nature of these communities makes them excellent places to examine the FEW nexus as a relatively closed system. The workshop is organized around three areas: 1. Infrastructure Engineering, including topics such as efficient greenhouses, improved equipment to store and manage intermittent energy loads from renewables, and infrastructure to affordably provide clean drinking water and proper sewage disposal, 2. Environmental Engineering, including topics such as bioaccumulated toxins in subsistence foods, and the high energy levels needed to provide clean water in islanded communities, and 3. Society and Economy, including topics such as the rising energy requirements (and hence prices) of subsistence practices and the need for improved security of water sources.

[1622408]阿拉斯加乡村生活方式的可持续性越来越受到怀疑。这个提议的食物-能源-水关系研讨会将导致合作和结果，有可能增加公众对这种生活方式可持续性的讨论。与会者将是一个代表学术界、机构、社区、组织和行业的多元化群体。议程强调积极参与，促进关键领域的讨论和进展。会议的主要成果将是一份报告，其中包括讨论总结、进一步研究粮食-能源-水领域的想法、如何将研讨会成果转化为可视化、决策支持工具和其他具体成果的建议。在美国国家科学基金会最近资助的超过25个食物-能源-水关系研讨会中，没有一个解决了高纬度环境和“孤岛社区”对食物、水和能源生产和获取所带来的独特而重大的挑战。其中包括天气和白天时间的极端波动，以及许多北极社区与主要交通网络和电网的隔离。因此，岛屿社区特别容易受到粮食、能源和水供应波动和中断的影响。生长季节短使农业生产困难，水污染物和卫生问题一直令人担忧，进口能源成本过高。此外，当地可再生能源的性质是零星的，难以维持。这些问题使得研究界和国家有责任找到方法来提高岛屿社区关系的所有三个领域的稳定性、效率和可负担性。对食物-能源-水关系的日益强调尚未扩展到岛屿社区，使这些地区成为检验和研究的关键和肥沃地区。此外，这些社区的自成一体的性质使它们成为研究少数联系作为一个相对封闭系统的绝佳场所。研讨会围绕三个方面组织：1。基础设施工程，包括诸如高效温室，改进设备来存储和管理来自可再生能源的间歇性能源负荷，以及基础设施以经济实惠的方式提供清洁饮用水和适当的污水处理等主题。2 .环境工程，包括诸如自给食品中的生物积累毒素以及为岛屿社区提供清洁水所需的高能量水平等主题；社会和经济，包括诸如生存实践的能源需求（以及价格）上升和改善水资源安全的需要等主题。