A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin

We implemented the semantically open conceptual framework 'Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism' (MuSIASEM) to deal with nexus challenges in agricultural production systems in transboundary river basins, using the Iranian Aras River Basin as a case study. Th...

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Autores: Taghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316, Bukkens, Sandra|||0000-0001-9171-3150, Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/265279
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su14159110
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Agricultural policy
Aras River Basin
Food security
Iran
Social-ecological system
Societal metabolism
Water-energy-food nexus
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spelling A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basinTaghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316Bukkens, Sandra|||0000-0001-9171-3150Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023Agricultural policyAras River BasinFood securityIranSocial-ecological systemSocietal metabolismWater-energy-food nexusWe implemented the semantically open conceptual framework 'Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism' (MuSIASEM) to deal with nexus challenges in agricultural production systems in transboundary river basins, using the Iranian Aras River Basin as a case study. The performance of the agricultural sector was characterized for relevant typologies of crop production using metabolic profiles, i.e., inputs and outputs per ton of crop produced, per hectare of land use, and per hour of labor. This analysis was contextualized across hierarchical levels of analysis, including the agronomic context at the regional level (rainfed versus irrigated cultivation), the socio-economic and political context at the national level (food sovereignty; urbanization), and the hydro-ecological context of the larger transboundary river basin (water constraints, GHG emissions). We found that the simultaneous use of two different interrelated logics of aggregation-the productivity of land and labor (relevant for the agronomic and socio-economic dimension) and the density of flows under different land uses (relevant for the hydrological and ecological dimension)-allowed for the identification of trade-offs in policy deliberations. In the case of Iran, it showed that striving for strategic autonomy will exacerbate the current water crisis; with the current cropping patterns, agronomic improvements will not suffice to avert a water crisis. It was concluded that the proposed approach fills an important gap in nexus research, but to effectively guide nexus governance in the region, a co-production of the analysis with social actors as well as more complete data sets at the river basin level would be essential. 22022-01-0120222022-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/265279https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/su14159110reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 CEX2019-000940-Mopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2652792026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
title A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
spellingShingle A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
Taghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316
Agricultural policy
Aras River Basin
Food security
Iran
Social-ecological system
Societal metabolism
Water-energy-food nexus
title_short A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
title_full A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
title_fullStr A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
title_full_unstemmed A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
title_sort A societal metabolism approach to effectively analyze the water-energy-food nexus in an agricultural transboundary river basin
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Taghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316
Bukkens, Sandra|||0000-0001-9171-3150
Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023
author Taghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316
author_facet Taghdisian, Alireza|||0000-0002-1448-9316
Bukkens, Sandra|||0000-0001-9171-3150
Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023
author_role author
author2 Bukkens, Sandra|||0000-0001-9171-3150
Giampietro, Mario|||0000-0002-5569-7023
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Agricultural policy
Aras River Basin
Food security
Iran
Social-ecological system
Societal metabolism
Water-energy-food nexus
topic Agricultural policy
Aras River Basin
Food security
Iran
Social-ecological system
Societal metabolism
Water-energy-food nexus
description We implemented the semantically open conceptual framework 'Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism' (MuSIASEM) to deal with nexus challenges in agricultural production systems in transboundary river basins, using the Iranian Aras River Basin as a case study. The performance of the agricultural sector was characterized for relevant typologies of crop production using metabolic profiles, i.e., inputs and outputs per ton of crop produced, per hectare of land use, and per hour of labor. This analysis was contextualized across hierarchical levels of analysis, including the agronomic context at the regional level (rainfed versus irrigated cultivation), the socio-economic and political context at the national level (food sovereignty; urbanization), and the hydro-ecological context of the larger transboundary river basin (water constraints, GHG emissions). We found that the simultaneous use of two different interrelated logics of aggregation-the productivity of land and labor (relevant for the agronomic and socio-economic dimension) and the density of flows under different land uses (relevant for the hydrological and ecological dimension)-allowed for the identification of trade-offs in policy deliberations. In the case of Iran, it showed that striving for strategic autonomy will exacerbate the current water crisis; with the current cropping patterns, agronomic improvements will not suffice to avert a water crisis. It was concluded that the proposed approach fills an important gap in nexus research, but to effectively guide nexus governance in the region, a co-production of the analysis with social actors as well as more complete data sets at the river basin level would be essential.
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