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The water–energy nexus in Middle East and North Africa
Afreen Siddiqi,Laura Diaz Anadon +1 more
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In this paper, a country-level quantitative assessment of the water-energy nexus in the MENA region is performed, and the results show that up to 9% of the total annual electrical energy consumption may be attributed to ground water pumping and desalination.About:
This article is published in Energy Policy.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 449 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Water-energy nexus & Virtual water.read more
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A Review of the 21st Century Challenges in the Food-Energy-Water Security in the Middle East
Maysoun Ayad Hameed,Hamid Moradkhani,Ali Ahmadalipour,Hamed Moftakhari,Peyman Abbaszadeh,Atieh Alipour +5 more
TL;DR: A country-level review of the current issues associated with Food-Energy-Water (FEW) security in the Middle East is presented in this article. But, the authors focus on water security, extreme events, economic growth, urbanization, population growth, poverty, and political stability.
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Evaluation of water shortage crisis in the Middle East and possible remedies
Omid Bozorg-Haddad,Babak Zolghadr-Asli,Parisa Sarzaeim,Mahyar Aboutalebi,Xuefeng Chu,Hugo A. Loáiciga +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of a survey assessing the status of water use and supply in Middle Eastern countries and outlines some potential remedies, including virtual water trade, which can help alleviate regional water shortage.
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Spatial optimization of the food, energy, and water nexus: A life cycle assessment-based approach
TL;DR: In this article, an environmental impact minimization model was proposed to optimize the spatial distribution of three energy crops (rice, corn, and sugarcane) under four climate change scenarios.
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A competitive Markov decision process model for the energy–water–climate change nexus
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of a joint water and carbon tax proposal on the operation of a transmission-constrained power network operating in a wholesale power market setting.
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Energy use in large-scale irrigated agriculture in the Punjab province of Pakistan
Afreen Siddiqi,James L. Wescoat +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the evolution of on-farm energy use for agriculture in Punjab Province over the last 15 years finds that while total crop production increased 31%, direct energy intensity for agriculture increased 80%. Moreover, direct energy use is chiefly driven by groundwater pumping.
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Environmental impact and impact assessment of seawater desalination
Sabine Lattemann,Thomas Höpner +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview on present seawater desalination capacities by region, a synopsis of the key environmental concerns of desalification, including ways of mitigating the impacts on the environment, and of avoiding some of the dangers of the environment to Desalination.
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The water footprint of bioenergy
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Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000
Susan S. Hutson,Nancy L. Barber,Joan F. Kenny,Kristin S. Linsey,Deborah S. Lumia,Molly A. Maupin +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of homonymity in homonym identification, i.e., homonymization, in the context of homology.