682
Locked-in infrastructure, 262
Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning
(LEAP), 49, 407
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
combined storage, 365
declaring and canceling, 365
drought duration, 365
drought intensity, 365
evaluation dates, 365
firm yield, 364
meso/macro-scale management, 365
service area, 364
Lowest common denominator (LCD)
dataset, 377
M
Macro data, 380
Macroscope, 20, 21, 30
Maladaptation, 141
Malthusian, 71–73
Market-based methods, 135
Market share, 44
Meat protein, 44
Meat supply chain, 273
Mechanistic process models, 439
Mercantilism, 189
Meso-scale commodity flow data, 270
Meso-scale data, 381
Meso-scale sources, 380
Metadata, 389
Meteorological drought, 303
Metrics
computing, 351
data, 350, 351
definition, 347
importance
ecological footprint, 349
GDP, 348
GPI, 349
LCA, 348
material flow analysis, 349
measurement, 348
NEA, 348
SEEA, 349
stakeholder, 348
LCA (see Life cycle assessment (LCA))
models, 349, 350
scale, 352
taxonomy (see Taxonomy)
Texas drought
Brazos river basin, 366
characteristics, 362
Colorado river basin, 364–365
history, 362
management, 366, 367
thermal power plant (see Thermal
power plant)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 251
Declaration, 78
dietary energy consumption, 80
goals, 78
improved drinking water sources, 81
metrics, 82–84
OECD member, 78
prevalence of underweight children under
five years of age, 79
sanitation services, 81, 82
Mini-systems, 56
Mississippi River, 215, 216
Mitigation, 69
Modelling
analytical tools, 404
BioCro model, 406
CWRF, 405
energy sector models, 407
FASOMGHG, 405
IAMs, 411, 412
LEAP, 407
platforms, 418
sector-centric models, 404
SWAT, 410
TIMES, 407
water allocation, 408
water models, 404
WEAP, 410
Modern energy, 91
Modern food systems, 45, 46
Modern programming languages, 432
Modern renewable energy, 86
MRIO modelling approach, 203
Multidimensional poverty index (MPI), 77
Multi-Region Input/Output (MRIO), 203
Multiscalar, 34
Multivariate, 34
N
National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS), 49
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
212, 232
Nationally Determined Contribution
(NDC), 312
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES), 212, 218, 228
Natural gas, 277–279
Natural gas liquids (NGL), 277
Index
Locked-in infrastructure, 262
Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning
(LEAP), 49, 407
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
combined storage, 365
declaring and canceling, 365
drought duration, 365
drought intensity, 365
evaluation dates, 365
firm yield, 364
meso/macro-scale management, 365
service area, 364
Lowest common denominator (LCD)
dataset, 377
M
Macro data, 380
Macroscope, 20, 21, 30
Maladaptation, 141
Malthusian, 71–73
Market-based methods, 135
Market share, 44
Meat protein, 44
Meat supply chain, 273
Mechanistic process models, 439
Mercantilism, 189
Meso-scale commodity flow data, 270
Meso-scale data, 381
Meso-scale sources, 380
Metadata, 389
Meteorological drought, 303
Metrics
computing, 351
data, 350, 351
definition, 347
importance
ecological footprint, 349
GDP, 348
GPI, 349
LCA, 348
material flow analysis, 349
measurement, 348
NEA, 348
SEEA, 349
stakeholder, 348
LCA (see Life cycle assessment (LCA))
models, 349, 350
scale, 352
taxonomy (see Taxonomy)
Texas drought
Brazos river basin, 366
characteristics, 362
Colorado river basin, 364–365
history, 362
management, 366, 367
thermal power plant (see Thermal
power plant)
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 251
Declaration, 78
dietary energy consumption, 80
goals, 78
improved drinking water sources, 81
metrics, 82–84
OECD member, 78
prevalence of underweight children under
five years of age, 79
sanitation services, 81, 82
Mini-systems, 56
Mississippi River, 215, 216
Mitigation, 69
Modelling
analytical tools, 404
BioCro model, 406
CWRF, 405
energy sector models, 407
FASOMGHG, 405
IAMs, 411, 412
LEAP, 407
platforms, 418
sector-centric models, 404
SWAT, 410
TIMES, 407
water allocation, 408
water models, 404
WEAP, 410
Modern energy, 91
Modern food systems, 45, 46
Modern programming languages, 432
Modern renewable energy, 86
MRIO modelling approach, 203
Multidimensional poverty index (MPI), 77
Multi-Region Input/Output (MRIO), 203
Multiscalar, 34
Multivariate, 34
N
National Energy Modeling System
(NEMS), 49
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
212, 232
Nationally Determined Contribution
(NDC), 312
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES), 212, 218, 228
Natural gas, 277–279
Natural gas liquids (NGL), 277
Index