Uncover the interdependent environmental impacts associated with the water-energy-food nexus under resource management strategies

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Title:	Uncover the interdependent environmental impacts associated with the water-energy-food nexus under resource management strategies
Authors:	Chen, CF (Chen, Chi-Feng) Feng, KL (Feng, Kuo-Lun) Ma, HW (Ma, Hwong-wen)
Contributors:	土資系
Keywords:	Water-energy-food nexus Material flow analysis LCA Environmental impact Urban metabolism Resource policy adaptation
Date:	2020-09
Issue Date:	2020-10-26 14:09:04 (UTC+8)
Abstract:	This study uses Taiwan's WEF nexus as a case study to demonstrate how the resource flow and associated environmental impact of the WEF nexus can be assessed as basis for evaluating strategies for promoting the sustainable use of natural resources. In this study, material flow analysis (MFA) and life-cycle assessment (LCA), were combined. The MFA was used to examine the interdependence of the three natural resources, and the LCA was used to evaluate the environmental impacts of the WEF system. The WEF nexus analysis shows that tap water supply, oil refining, the cogeneration of steam and electricity, thermoelectric power plants, irrigation, animal husbandry, and aquaculture are the main interwoven nodes and have the most prominent impact on the three natural resources. When the unit products from the WEF system were determined, LCA was implemented for these products to identify 15 types of environmental impacts. The environmental impacts for the WEF system were then calculated based on the use of unit products. The results of LCA showed that the most prominent impacts are the impact of public electricity on climate change; oil products on ozone depletion and ionizing radiation; tap water on metal depletion; and animal husbandry on terrestrial ecotoxicity. Based on the assessment of the alternative resource management strategies, if both water and energy policies are modified simultaneously, the impact of the overall WEF system on most environmental impact categories could be reduced.
Relation:	RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING 卷冊: 160 文獻號碼: 104909
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