GC33A:
Achieving Water-Energy-Food Nexus Sustainability: A Science and Data Need or a Need for Integrated Public Policy? II Posters

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Session ID#: 27046

Session Description:
Natural scientists often highlight that without accurate measurements of a phenomenon we cannot manage that phenomenon. However, when optimizing the use of resources in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to maximize outputs, minimize environmental impacts and ensure future sustainability, data alone may be insufficient. Some decision-makers insist that appropriate policies, cooperation and transparency are the missing ingredients for improved management of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. This session is intended to bring together scientists and experts who have worked on at least two of the three interfaces in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus to show the relative importance of contributions from scientific understanding, data and analysis tools, and to discuss obstacles that affect the optimal application of these data to produce better decisions. It will also explore the needs for data, analytical tools and models to improve our understanding of the changes and feedbacks occurring on various scales in the interactions between Water, Energy and Food.
Primary Convener:  Richard G Lawford, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States
Conveners:  Elisabeth Bowley, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Lausanne, Switzerland, Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University College Station, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, United States and Brandi Schottel, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Rabi Mohtar, Texas A&M University College Station, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, Richard G Lawford, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States and Jill Engel-Cox, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Clean Energy Manufacturing Analysis Center, Golden, CO, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Richard G Lawford, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1632 Land cover change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Establishing a Conceptual Foundation for Addressing Challenges Facing Food-Energy-Water Management (299109)
Michael Goldsby1, Steve Katz2, Julie Padowski3, Michael Brady4 and Stephanie E Hampton2, (1)Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States, (2)Washington State University, School of the Environment, Pullman, WA, United States, (3)Washington State University, Center for Environmental Research, Education & Outreach, Pullman, WA, United States, (4)Washington State University, School of Economic Sciences, Pullman, United States
Incorporating Social System Dynamics into the Food-Energy-Water System Resilience-Sustainability Modeling Process (295771)
Jennifer Givens1, Julie Padowski2, Keyvan Malek3, Christian Guzman3, Jan Boll3, Jennifer C Adam4 and Rebecca Witinok-Huber5, (1)Utah State University, Dept. of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Logan, UT, United States, (2)Washington State University, Center for Environmental Research, Education & Outreach, Pullman, WA, United States, (3)Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States, (4)Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, United States, (5)University of Wyoming, Laramie, United States
Satellite Imagery Analysis for Automated Global Food Security Forecasting (288225)
Daniela Moody1, Steven Patrick Brumby2, Rick Chartrand3, Ryan Keisler3, Mark Mathis4, Carly Beneke3, David Nicholaeff3, Samuel Skillman3, Michael S Warren5 and Justin Poehnelt3, (1)Ursa Space Systems, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Descartes Labs, Inc., Los Alamos, NM, United States, (4)Impact Observatory, Washington, DC, United States, (5)None, College Station, TX, United States
Mapping Croplands in Morocco and Tunisia using MAGE (287941)
Katie McGaughey, USDA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Bryan Purcell, USDA, Washington, DC, United States, Robert Louis Tetrault, USDA Washington DC, Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, United States and Christopher Wasko, NGA, Springfield, VA, United States
Catchment scale water resource constraints on UK policies for low-carbon energy system transition (223739)
Daniel Dennis Konadu and Richard A Fenner, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Deglobalization and Its Discontents in Interconnected Regional Food, Energy, and Water Systems (224596)
Jeffrey M Bielicki1, Elena Irwin2, Bhavik Bakshi3, Yongyang Cai4, Douglas Jackson-Smith5, Jay Martin6, Alan Randall7, Ian Sheldon7, Robyn S Wilson5 and Joseph Fiksel8, (1)Ohio State University, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (2)Ohio State University, Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Ohio State University, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)The Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Columbus, United States, (5)Ohio State University, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH, United States, (6)The Ohio State University, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States, (7)Ohio State University, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Columbus, OH, United States, (8)Ohio State University, Integrated Systems Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States
Utilizing on-farm best management practices: Managing Nitrate Leaching Using Evapotranspiration Based Irrigation Methods (242519)
Isabel Zaragosa1,2, Forrest S Melton1, Jason Dexter2, Kirk Post2, Arlene Haffa3, Stefanie Kortman4, Rachel Spellenberg2 and Michael Cahn5, (1)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, (3)California State University, Monterey Bay, Marina, CA, United States, (4)California State University Monterey Bay, Applied Environmental Science, Seaside, CA, United States, (5)UC Cooperative Extension, Salinas, United States
A National Scale Sustainable Agriculture Matrix of Indicators to Inform Policy (260344)
Eric A Davidson and Xin Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD, United States

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