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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Responding to Global Challenges in Food, Energy, Environment and Water: Risks and Options Assessment for Decision-Making
Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 3, No. 2, Year 2016
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Description
We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) 'sustainable intensification', or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the 'nexus' that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) 'resilience thinking' that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of food, energy and water systems are maintained in the presence of uncertainties and threats. Second, we build on these discourses to present the causal, risks and options assessment for decision-making process to improve decision-making in the presence of risks. The process provides a structured, but flexible, approach that moves from problem diagnosis to better risk-based decision-making and outcomes by responding to causal risks within and across food, energy, environment and water systems. © 2016 Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Quentin Grafton, R. Quentin
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Wichelns, Dennis
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Ringler, Claudia
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Garrick, Dustin Evan
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Pittock, Jamie Pittockjamie
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Wheeler, Sarah Ann
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Orr, Stuart
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Matthews, Nathanial
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Ansink, Erik
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Aureli, Alice
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Connell, Daniel
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
de Stefano, Lucia
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Farolfi, Stefano
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Hall, Jim W.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Katic, Pamela Giselle
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Lankford, Bruce Alistair
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
McCartney, Matthew P.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Ratna, Nazmun N.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Wheeler, Kevin G.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Williams, John M.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Statistics
Citations: 41
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/app5.128
ISSN:
20502680
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy