The Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Part I Introduction .- 1 Introduction: Human-Environmental Security in the Asia-Pacific Ring of Fire: Water-energy-food Nexus .- Part II Water-Energy Nexus (Water for Energy Production) .-2 Assessment of Potential Small hydropower Generation: A Case Study in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan .- 3 Hazard-specific Vulnerability Mapping for Water Security in a Shale Gas Context .- 4 Exploring Future Water Demand and Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability in the Peace Region of British Columbia, Canada .- 5 Monitoring Hot Spring Aquifer Using Repeat Hybrid Micro-gravity Measurements in Beppu Geothermal Field, Japan .- 6 Evaluation of the Shallow Geothermal Potential for a Ground-Source Heat Exchanger: A Case Study in Obama Plain, Fukui Prefecture, Japan .- Part III Water-Food Nexus (Water for Coastal Ecosystem Conservation) .- 7 Lacustrine groundwater discharge in southern Laguna de Bay, Philippines .- 8 Submarine Groundwater Discharge and its Influence onPrimary Production in Japanese Coasts: Case Study in Obama Bay .- 9 Relationships Between Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Coastal Fisheries as a Water-Food Nexus .- 10 Tradeoff Between Hot spring Use and River Ecosystem: The Case of Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan .- Part IV Governance and Management of Resource System .- 11 The Water-Energy-Food Nexus and California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act .- 12 Pump Tax, Basin Equity Assessment and Sustainability in Groundwater Management: Orange County Water District Experience .- 13 Utilization of Environmental Water Resources in the Reconstruction of Otsuchi Town After the 2011 Tsunami .- 14 Experience of Disaster and Recognition of Local Re-Sources: A Survey of a Tsunami-Damaged Town in Japan .- 15 Serious Matters Related to Development of Small-scale Geothermal Power Generation in Beppu-Onsen Hot Spring After 2011 .- Part V Understanding Socio-economic dimension of Resource System .- 16 Social Acceptability of Micro Hydropower in Laguna, Philippines .- 17 Socio-economic Vulnerability and Benefits to the Community Associated with Floating Fish Cages in the Jatiluhur Reservoir .- 18 Accounting for Externalities in the Water Energy Food Nexus .- 19 Making Social Networks Visible: Shared Awareness .- Among Stakeholders on Groundwater Resources .- Part VI Inter- and Trans-Disciplinary for Approaching Nexus Issues .- 20 An Interdisciplinary Approach for Water-Energy-Food Nexus .- 21 Assessment of Collaboration Process in Interdisciplinary Research of Water-energy-food Nexus by Means of Ontology Engineering .- 22 Scenario-based Approach to Local Water-energy-food Nexus Issues with Experts and Stakeholders .- Index.