A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End
The intrinsic links between water and energy have produced a new concept known as water-energy nexus (WEN), which has been increasingly studied by scholars and global institutions since the 1990s. This paper provides a review of water-energy nexus studies in an interdisciplinary manner starting from...
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| description | The intrinsic links between water and energy have produced a new concept known as water-energy nexus (WEN), which has been increasingly studied by scholars and global institutions since the 1990s. This paper provides a review of water-energy nexus studies in an interdisciplinary manner starting from two major approaches—<em>water for energy</em> and <em>energy for water</em>—which focus principally on quantitative studies, but also on policy and institutional dimensions. Many studies mention data collection, the lack of coordination between existing frameworks and the scale/boundary of the two resources as major challenges, whereas new technologies are seen as an opportunity for the nexus perspective. After identifying research gaps, the political ecology approach is proposed for a critical reflection on WEN. Additionally, water poverty and energy poverty (or fuel poverty) are also proposed as part of WEN studies in order to broaden their spectrum to include the demand-end perspective and introduce a social dimension in WEN. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-474161da916c48c59aac4b729e157bc52023-09-02T17:50:58ZcatUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDocuments d'Anàlisi Geogràfica0212-15732014-45122018-05-0164236539510.5565/rev/dag.438339A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand EndHyerim Yoon0Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaThe intrinsic links between water and energy have produced a new concept known as water-energy nexus (WEN), which has been increasingly studied by scholars and global institutions since the 1990s. This paper provides a review of water-energy nexus studies in an interdisciplinary manner starting from two major approaches—<em>water for energy</em> and <em>energy for water</em>—which focus principally on quantitative studies, but also on policy and institutional dimensions. Many studies mention data collection, the lack of coordination between existing frameworks and the scale/boundary of the two resources as major challenges, whereas new technologies are seen as an opportunity for the nexus perspective. After identifying research gaps, the political ecology approach is proposed for a critical reflection on WEN. Additionally, water poverty and energy poverty (or fuel poverty) are also proposed as part of WEN studies in order to broaden their spectrum to include the demand-end perspective and introduce a social dimension in WEN.https://dag.revista.uab.es/article/view/438nexe aigua-energiaecologia políticaintensitat hídricaintensitat energèticallars |
| spellingShingle | Hyerim Yoon A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica nexe aigua-energia ecologia política intensitat hídrica intensitat energètica llars |
| title | A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End |
| title_full | A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End |
| title_fullStr | A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End |
| title_short | A Review on Water-Energy Nexus and Directions for Future Studies: From Supply to Demand End |
| title_sort | review on water energy nexus and directions for future studies from supply to demand end |
| topic | nexe aigua-energia ecologia política intensitat hídrica intensitat energètica llars |
| url | https://dag.revista.uab.es/article/view/438 |
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