Contents
Reflections About the Food–Energy–Water Nexus in a World
Without Economic Growth—A Dynamic Multinational CGE
Model-Based Thought Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Holger Schlör, Stefanie Schubert, and Sandra Venghaus
The Evolution of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
as a Transformative Approach for Sustainable Development
in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Stanley Liphadzi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi,
Dhesigen Naidoo, and Luxon Nhamo
Integrated Watershed Management Vis-a-Vis Water–Energy–Food
Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi and Ehsan Sharifi Moghadam
The Use of Biodigesters in the Treatment of Swine Manure
in Southern Brazil: An Analysis of an R&D Project
from the Perspective of the WEF Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ruy de Castro Sobrosa Neto, Alexandro Luiz da Silva,
Janayna Sobrosa Maia, Nei Antonio Nunes, Jacir Leonir Casagrande,
and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
The Social Network Analysis to Study Discourse
on Water–Energy–Food Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lira Luz Benites-Lazaro, Nathália Nascimento, Alberto Urbinatti,
Mateus Amaral, and Leandro Luiz Giatti
The German Capability Index—An Operationalization of Sen’s
Capability Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Holger Schlör, Wiltrud Fischer, and Sandra Venghaus
Energy, Water, Food Nexus Decision-Making for Sustainable Food
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Sarah Namany and Tareq Al-Ansari
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Reflections About the Food–Energy–Water Nexus in a World
Without Economic Growth—A Dynamic Multinational CGE
Model-Based Thought Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
Holger Schlör, Stefanie Schubert, and Sandra Venghaus
The Evolution of the Water–Energy–Food Nexus
as a Transformative Approach for Sustainable Development
in South Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Stanley Liphadzi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi,
Dhesigen Naidoo, and Luxon Nhamo
Integrated Watershed Management Vis-a-Vis Water–Energy–Food
Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi and Ehsan Sharifi Moghadam
The Use of Biodigesters in the Treatment of Swine Manure
in Southern Brazil: An Analysis of an R&D Project
from the Perspective of the WEF Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Ruy de Castro Sobrosa Neto, Alexandro Luiz da Silva,
Janayna Sobrosa Maia, Nei Antonio Nunes, Jacir Leonir Casagrande,
and José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
The Social Network Analysis to Study Discourse
on Water–Energy–Food Nexus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lira Luz Benites-Lazaro, Nathália Nascimento, Alberto Urbinatti,
Mateus Amaral, and Leandro Luiz Giatti
The German Capability Index—An Operationalization of Sen’s
Capability Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Holger Schlör, Wiltrud Fischer, and Sandra Venghaus
Energy, Water, Food Nexus Decision-Making for Sustainable Food
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Sarah Namany and Tareq Al-Ansari
vii