TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban metabolic analysis of a food-water-energy system for sustainable resources management
AU - Hu, Ming Che
AU - Fan, Chihhao
AU - Huang, Tailin
AU - Wang, Chi Fang
AU - Chen, Yu Hui
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by National Taiwan University under grant NTU-CCP-106R891007 and Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under grant MOST-106-2627-M-002-027.
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PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Urban metabolism analyzes the supply and consumption of nutrition, material, energy, and other resources within cities. Food, water, and energy are critical resources for the human society and have complicated cooperative/competitive influences on each other. The management of interactive resources is essential for supply chain analysis. This research analyzes the food-water-energy system of urban metabolism for sustainable resources management. A system dynamics model is established to investigate the urban metabolism of food, water, and energy resources. This study conducts a case study of Shihmen Reservoir system, hydropower generation, paddy rice irrigation of Taoyuan and Shihmen Irrigation Associations, and water consumption in Taoyuan, New Taipei, and Hsinchu cities. The interactive influence of the food-water-energy nexus is quantified in this study; the uncertainty analysis of food, water, and energy nexus is presented.
AB - Urban metabolism analyzes the supply and consumption of nutrition, material, energy, and other resources within cities. Food, water, and energy are critical resources for the human society and have complicated cooperative/competitive influences on each other. The management of interactive resources is essential for supply chain analysis. This research analyzes the food-water-energy system of urban metabolism for sustainable resources management. A system dynamics model is established to investigate the urban metabolism of food, water, and energy resources. This study conducts a case study of Shihmen Reservoir system, hydropower generation, paddy rice irrigation of Taoyuan and Shihmen Irrigation Associations, and water consumption in Taoyuan, New Taipei, and Hsinchu cities. The interactive influence of the food-water-energy nexus is quantified in this study; the uncertainty analysis of food, water, and energy nexus is presented.
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph16010090
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16010090
M3 - Article
C2 - 30598034
AN - SCOPUS:85059276279
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 16
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 1
M1 - 90
ER -