686
Systems science
agents, 35
application, 36
bottom-up models, 36
boundaries, 35
complex, 34 (see also Complex systems)
dynamically, 35
energy (see Energy systems)
external/exogenous factors, 35
food systems (see Food systems)
functional relationships, 35
models, 35
principles and processes, 35
structural relationships, 35
top-down models, 36
T
Taxonomy
absolute
vs. extensive, 358
vs. intensive, 357
vs. relative, 356, 357
intensive vs. extensive, 354, 355
LCA, 354, 355
relative
vs. extensive, 358
vs. intensive, 358
stakeholders, 359
technological and socioeconomic, 354
Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT),
176, 177
Temporal scales
annual, 338
daily, 338
decadal, 338
interval timescale, 337
monthly and seasonal, 338
Temporary/emergency insecurity, 68
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ), 363
Thermal discharges, 218, 221
Thermal power plants, 223
annual consumption, 361
costs, 361
impingement and entrainment, 361
marine ecosystems, 361
power generation, 361
water consumption, 360, 362
Thermoelectric power, 218
generation, 221
plants, 230, 305
Threat multiplier
climate refugees, 563
mass/forced migrations, 563
migrations impact, 563
society, 562
tensions and dynamics, 562
Time complexity, 430
TIMES (the Integrated MARKAL-EFOM
System), 49
TIMES Energy System Model, 49
Top down methods, 383
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),
228, 291
Total Primary Energy (TPE), 304
Trade
benefits, 188
capital goods, 191
comparative advantage, 190
economies, 192
FEW Nexus framing, 190
and globalization, 189
historical civilization, 188
product preferences, 191
secrets, 392
Tradeoff analysis, 588
Traditional biomass, 86
Traditional food systems, 45
Traditional legal approach, 172
Traditional systems engineering strategies, 268
Transaction costs, 141
Transboundary governance, 526, 538, 544,
546, 547
Transboundary waters, 201
Transportation systems, 262
Treaty, 156
Trigger events, 40
Trump Administration in 2017, 213
U
UN Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (CESCR),
164, 165
Underground Injection Control (UIC)
regulations, 214
Underweight, 79
UN Food and Agricultural Organization
(FAO), 176
UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCC), 578
United National Environment Program
(UNEP), 158
Index
Systems science
agents, 35
application, 36
bottom-up models, 36
boundaries, 35
complex, 34 (see also Complex systems)
dynamically, 35
energy (see Energy systems)
external/exogenous factors, 35
food systems (see Food systems)
functional relationships, 35
models, 35
principles and processes, 35
structural relationships, 35
top-down models, 36
T
Taxonomy
absolute
vs. extensive, 358
vs. intensive, 357
vs. relative, 356, 357
intensive vs. extensive, 354, 355
LCA, 354, 355
relative
vs. extensive, 358
vs. intensive, 358
stakeholders, 359
technological and socioeconomic, 354
Technical Barriers to Trade Agreement (TBT),
176, 177
Temporal scales
annual, 338
daily, 338
decadal, 338
interval timescale, 337
monthly and seasonal, 338
Temporary/emergency insecurity, 68
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ), 363
Thermal discharges, 218, 221
Thermal power plants, 223
annual consumption, 361
costs, 361
impingement and entrainment, 361
marine ecosystems, 361
power generation, 361
water consumption, 360, 362
Thermoelectric power, 218
generation, 221
plants, 230, 305
Threat multiplier
climate refugees, 563
mass/forced migrations, 563
migrations impact, 563
society, 562
tensions and dynamics, 562
Time complexity, 430
TIMES (the Integrated MARKAL-EFOM
System), 49
TIMES Energy System Model, 49
Top down methods, 383
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),
228, 291
Total Primary Energy (TPE), 304
Trade
benefits, 188
capital goods, 191
comparative advantage, 190
economies, 192
FEW Nexus framing, 190
and globalization, 189
historical civilization, 188
product preferences, 191
secrets, 392
Tradeoff analysis, 588
Traditional biomass, 86
Traditional food systems, 45
Traditional legal approach, 172
Traditional systems engineering strategies, 268
Transaction costs, 141
Transboundary governance, 526, 538, 544,
546, 547
Transboundary waters, 201
Transportation systems, 262
Treaty, 156
Trigger events, 40
Trump Administration in 2017, 213
U
UN Committee on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (CESCR),
164, 165
Underground Injection Control (UIC)
regulations, 214
Underweight, 79
UN Food and Agricultural Organization
(FAO), 176
UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCC), 578
United National Environment Program
(UNEP), 158
Index