A5005273487- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
Arizona State University
2021-2023
University of Puerto Rico System
2021
Abstract This study seeks to understand how Argentina's energy, water, and land (EWL) systems will co‐evolve under a representative array of human earth system influences, including socioeconomic change, climate policy. To capture sub‐national EWL dynamics in the context global we couple Global Change Analysis Model with suite consistent, gridded sectoral downscaling models explore multiple stakeholder‐engaged scenarios. Across scenarios, Argentina has economic opportunity use its vast...
The communities of Puerto Rico are highly vulnerable to climate change as the archipelago has experienced a multitude compounding crises and extreme weather events in recent years. To address these issues, research, analysis, design grand challenge solutions for disaster-prone regions like can utilize collaborative transdisciplinary efforts. Local non-governmental community-based organizations have pivotal role reconstruction processes building community environmental resilience underserved...
Addressing the call for qualitative and empirical approaches to food, energy, water (FEW) nexus studies, this research examined newspapers explore public discussion framing understanding of FEW systems interconnections. We conducted a media content analysis on news articles in Spanish between January 2015 December 2020 main river basin Uruguay impacts increased agriculture productivity interactions. As described media, we summarized problems, solutions, calls action when describing sectoral...
Puerto Rico experienced the most prolonged power outage in US history after two hurricanes hit Archipelago September 2017. Hurricane Irma left over one million people without electricity, and Maria a total blackout when it hit. The damages to 80 percent of electrical grid opened possibility Electric Power Authority explore options beyond merely reconstructing keeping centralized. Prior these events, an active public discussion on how transform system had been occurring regarding new energy...