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Favela A word in Brazilian Portuguese referring to low-income and historically
informal urban slum areas in Brazil that often consist of dense multilevel housing constructed on steep hillsides and built from salvaged materials.
Federation (Data) A strategy for linking multiple repositories to enable sharing
and search of diverse databases while allowing the originators of the data to
maintain control and ownership of data if they desire.
FEW System Models The mathematical relationships between food, energy, and
water systems that capture their spatial and/or temporal dynamics, as well as
feedbacks between them.
FEW-Everything System (FEWe) A FEW system that is connected to every other
aspect of the Coupled Natural Human System and has fuzzy boundaries.
Firm (Economics) A single economic entity that operates at multiple establishments.
Firm Yield (Water) The amount of water that a reservoir could have produced
annually if it had been in place during the worst drought of record.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Bonus A zoning tool used to control building bulk by setting a ratio of building mass to the area of the building’s lot. The award of a FAR
bonus is often used as an economic incentive for developers to provide additional
public benefits or amenities to the community.
Flows Accounted quantities of material, good, currency, and so on that move from
one space-time location to another; flows may be human (e.g., currency payment, oil by pipeline) or natural (e.g., water in a river).
Food Desert An area that lacks access to the range of affordable and healthy foods
that make up a full and healthy diet, including fresh fruits and vegetables and
whole grains. Food deserts often occur in urban, rural, minority, and low-income
areas devoid of large full range grocery stores and food markets.
Food A nutritious substance that is consumed to sustain life and support growth in
the young.
Food Miles The distance that food is transported from where it is produced to
where it is consumed.
Food Policy Council A council composed of diverse stakeholders engaged in
the local food system, usually established through governmental or grassroots
action, that is tasked with examining the food system and providing policy recommendations to local and regional governments on how to improve that system.
Food Security The physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and
nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life. See Energy Security and Water Security.
Foot (ft) An imperial unit of distance, equivalent to 0.3048 m.
Footprints (Environmental) The direct and indirect biophysical impacts of consumption of natural resources on the earth, usually natural resources that have a
planetary boundary on their availability.
Forecast A quantitative prediction, usually with a margin of uncertainty.
Function The behavior of a system, which is often purposeful. Function is constrained by structure and serves to support and feed structure.
Gallon (gal or G) An imperial unit of volume normally reserved for liquids, equivalent to 4.54609 L (UK gallon) or 3.785411784 L (US gallon). Establishment
Glossary
Favela A word in Brazilian Portuguese referring to low-income and historically
informal urban slum areas in Brazil that often consist of dense multilevel housing constructed on steep hillsides and built from salvaged materials.
Federation (Data) A strategy for linking multiple repositories to enable sharing
and search of diverse databases while allowing the originators of the data to
maintain control and ownership of data if they desire.
FEW System Models The mathematical relationships between food, energy, and
water systems that capture their spatial and/or temporal dynamics, as well as
feedbacks between them.
FEW-Everything System (FEWe) A FEW system that is connected to every other
aspect of the Coupled Natural Human System and has fuzzy boundaries.
Firm (Economics) A single economic entity that operates at multiple establishments.
Firm Yield (Water) The amount of water that a reservoir could have produced
annually if it had been in place during the worst drought of record.
Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Bonus A zoning tool used to control building bulk by setting a ratio of building mass to the area of the building’s lot. The award of a FAR
bonus is often used as an economic incentive for developers to provide additional
public benefits or amenities to the community.
Flows Accounted quantities of material, good, currency, and so on that move from
one space-time location to another; flows may be human (e.g., currency payment, oil by pipeline) or natural (e.g., water in a river).
Food Desert An area that lacks access to the range of affordable and healthy foods
that make up a full and healthy diet, including fresh fruits and vegetables and
whole grains. Food deserts often occur in urban, rural, minority, and low-income
areas devoid of large full range grocery stores and food markets.
Food A nutritious substance that is consumed to sustain life and support growth in
the young.
Food Miles The distance that food is transported from where it is produced to
where it is consumed.
Food Policy Council A council composed of diverse stakeholders engaged in
the local food system, usually established through governmental or grassroots
action, that is tasked with examining the food system and providing policy recommendations to local and regional governments on how to improve that system.
Food Security The physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and
nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active
and healthy life. See Energy Security and Water Security.
Foot (ft) An imperial unit of distance, equivalent to 0.3048 m.
Footprints (Environmental) The direct and indirect biophysical impacts of consumption of natural resources on the earth, usually natural resources that have a
planetary boundary on their availability.
Forecast A quantitative prediction, usually with a margin of uncertainty.
Function The behavior of a system, which is often purposeful. Function is constrained by structure and serves to support and feed structure.
Gallon (gal or G) An imperial unit of volume normally reserved for liquids, equivalent to 4.54609 L (UK gallon) or 3.785411784 L (US gallon). Establishment
Glossary