Recommended Citation
Torres, Camilo; Gitau, Margaret; Lara-Borrero, Jaime; and Paredes-Cuervo, Diego, "Framework for Water Management in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus in Mixed Land-Use Watersheds in Colombia" (2020). Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund. Paper 224.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su122410332
DOI
10.3390/su122410332
Date of this Version
12-10-2020
Keywords
food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, sustainable water management, urban systems, Andean watersheds
Abstract
The food-energy-water (FEW) nexus approach has emerged as an alternative for managing these resources more efficiently. Work from studies conducted in the FEW nexus in Latin America is scarce in the scholarly literature. This study aims to develop a framework for water management at the FEW Nexus, with a focus on Colombia. The study focuses on a typical mixed land-use watershed in the Andean region with specific objectives being to: (1) characterize the watershed with respect to land use, climate, water resources, and other factors pertinent to the nexus; (2) explore the relationship between factors in the FEW nexus that may affect water management in terms of quality and availability; and (3) propose a methodology for conducting a FEW Nexus analysis for watersheds located in the Andean region. The results indicate that the Pereira/Dosquebradas urban area has a significant impact on the FEW nexus components in the Otun River Watershed (ORW). Subsequently, an urban FEW nexus framework is proposed for its implementation at the watershed.
Comments
This is the publisher PDF of Torres, C.; Gitau, M.; Lara-Borrero, J.; Paredes-Cuervo, D. Framework for Water Management in the Food-Energy-Water (FEW) Nexus in Mixed Land-Use Watersheds in Colombia. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10332. This article is distributed under a CC-BY license, and is available at DOI: 10.3390/su122410332.