Overview
- Uses the Water–Energy–Food Nexus as a lens to view connections between the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Reviews tools and approaches related to the WEF Nexus
- Applies the WEF Nexus approach to different African regions
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Water Energy Food Nexus and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: an Overview
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Analytical Tools for SDGs Implementation Within the WEF Nexus Framework
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A WEF Nexus Approach for SDGs Achievement in Africa
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About this book
This contributed volume offers a state-of-the-art, holistic overview of the employment of a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus approach to implement the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a geographical focus on applications in different African regions. The book is divided into three sections, each composed of several chapters contributed by experts in their respective fields.
Section I introduces the WEF Nexus and its role in the achievement of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. It highlights the attempt to connect different spheres of sustainability thanks to the Nexus, taking advantage of the existing interlinkages and interconnections among the Goals. Section II proposes a multi-scale and multi-stakeholder approach to various aspects of the Nexus and reviews existing quantitative tools. This section focuses on the issue of resource control and development aims and spotlights how Nexus dynamics influence the achievement of the SDGs as awhole. Section III applies the WEF Nexus to different African regions, which are balancing a rising population and an economic boom with severe vulnerability in the face of climate change.
Chapter “Review of the Economic Impact of Water Availability on Food Security and the Related Ecosystems” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Sergio Vergalli is an Associate Professor in Economic Policy at the University of Brescia, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals: The WEF Nexus
Book Subtitle: Understanding the Role of the WEF Nexus in the 2030 Agenda
Editors: Laura Cavalli, Sergio Vergalli
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01336-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01335-5Published: 21 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-01338-6Published: 22 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-01336-2Published: 20 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 103
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour