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Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
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Chapter 3
Development
Peter Saundry and Benjamin L. Ruddell
3.1 Introduction
In Chap. 1, we examined the reasons for focusing on food, energy, and water, three
critical consumables requiring extensive infrastructure, and a high-level policy. In
Chap. 2, we explored what this means on a global scale, especially for the billions
of people for whom access to these resources is severely limited and needs
improvement.
In this chapter, after analyzing the idea of food, energy, and water security, we
will look through the lens of demographics to see the complexities of engaging the
world’s population in our study of the nexus. Next, we will examine the concept of
development in countries and the human development of people within a country.
Based on these elements, we will explore efforts to guide policy and action on a
global level to meet the basic need for food, energy, and water through the
Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015), the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (2012–2030), and the Sustainable Development Goals (2016–2030).
Aspects of this chapter foreshadow later chapters, such as international governance (Chap. 6) and the challenges of metrics, data, and modeling (Chaps. 13–16).
P. Saundry (*)
Energy Policy and Climate, Advanced Academic Programs, Krieger School of Arts
and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA
e-mail: psaundr1@jhu.edu
B. L. Ruddell
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
e-mail: Benjamin.Ruddell@nau.edu
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. Saundry, B. L. Ruddell (eds.), The Food-Energy-Water Nexus, AESS
Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies and Sciences Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29914-9_3
Chapter 3
Development
Peter Saundry and Benjamin L. Ruddell
3.1 Introduction
In Chap. 1, we examined the reasons for focusing on food, energy, and water, three
critical consumables requiring extensive infrastructure, and a high-level policy. In
Chap. 2, we explored what this means on a global scale, especially for the billions
of people for whom access to these resources is severely limited and needs
improvement.
In this chapter, after analyzing the idea of food, energy, and water security, we
will look through the lens of demographics to see the complexities of engaging the
world’s population in our study of the nexus. Next, we will examine the concept of
development in countries and the human development of people within a country.
Based on these elements, we will explore efforts to guide policy and action on a
global level to meet the basic need for food, energy, and water through the
Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015), the Sustainable Energy for All initiative (2012–2030), and the Sustainable Development Goals (2016–2030).
Aspects of this chapter foreshadow later chapters, such as international governance (Chap. 6) and the challenges of metrics, data, and modeling (Chaps. 13–16).
P. Saundry (*)
Energy Policy and Climate, Advanced Academic Programs, Krieger School of Arts
and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA
e-mail: psaundr1@jhu.edu
B. L. Ruddell
School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University,
Flagstaff, AZ, USA
e-mail: Benjamin.Ruddell@nau.edu