EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation

WEF (water–energy–food) nexus analyses have become a rapidly growing field since the Conference on Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus–Solutions for the Green Economy in Bonn in 2011. They have the potential to help stakeholders and policymakers to better understand the interlinkages between the d...

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Autores principales: Kiala, Z., Jewitt, G., Senzanje, A., Mutanga, O., Dube, T., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119708
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author Kiala, Z.
Jewitt, G.
Senzanje, A.
Mutanga, O.
Dube, T.
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
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Jewitt, G.
Kiala, Z.
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
Mutanga, O.
Senzanje, A.
author_facet Kiala, Z.
Jewitt, G.
Senzanje, A.
Mutanga, O.
Dube, T.
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
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description WEF (water–energy–food) nexus analyses have become a rapidly growing field since the Conference on Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus–Solutions for the Green Economy in Bonn in 2011. They have the potential to help stakeholders and policymakers to better understand the interlinkages between the different components of a nexus system and lead to solutions that are socially and environmentally beneficial. However, assembling wide-scope nexus has been challenged by issues such as proprietary considerations and data evolution over time, among others. Earth observations (EOs) have a huge offering of data sets that can provide data for most of the components of a nexus at a relatively low cost and various temporal and spatial resolutions. Furthermore, the advent of cloud computing has made possible the processing of massive information. This chapter introduces the Earth Observation for WEF nexus (EO-WEF), a multisectorial information system to visualize customizable data and generate time series data at any location. Google Earth Engine, a cloud computing platform that includes data archives of regularly updated EO and scientific data sets for a period of more than 40 years, powers this application. The capability of EO-WEF in generating spatial data was tested in the Songwe River Basin case study. Overall, the EO-WEF application provides data for key variables of a nexus that can be supplemented by other kinds of data that cannot be captured by EOs.
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spelling CGSpace1197082025-05-20T05:37:47Z EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation Kiala, Z. Jewitt, G. Senzanje, A. Mutanga, O. Dube, T. Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe water resources energy food security nexus WEF (water–energy–food) nexus analyses have become a rapidly growing field since the Conference on Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus–Solutions for the Green Economy in Bonn in 2011. They have the potential to help stakeholders and policymakers to better understand the interlinkages between the different components of a nexus system and lead to solutions that are socially and environmentally beneficial. However, assembling wide-scope nexus has been challenged by issues such as proprietary considerations and data evolution over time, among others. Earth observations (EOs) have a huge offering of data sets that can provide data for most of the components of a nexus at a relatively low cost and various temporal and spatial resolutions. Furthermore, the advent of cloud computing has made possible the processing of massive information. This chapter introduces the Earth Observation for WEF nexus (EO-WEF), a multisectorial information system to visualize customizable data and generate time series data at any location. Google Earth Engine, a cloud computing platform that includes data archives of regularly updated EO and scientific data sets for a period of more than 40 years, powers this application. The capability of EO-WEF in generating spatial data was tested in the Songwe River Basin case study. Overall, the EO-WEF application provides data for key variables of a nexus that can be supplemented by other kinds of data that cannot be captured by EOs. 2022 2022-05-31T22:20:48Z 2022-05-31T22:20:48Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119708 en Limited Access Elsevier Kiala, Z.; Jewitt, G.; Senzanje, A.; Mutanga, O.; Dube, T.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2022. EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation. In Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Senzanje, A.; Modi, A.; Jewitt, G.; Massawe, F. (Eds.). Water - energy - food nexus narratives and resource securities: a global south perspective. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. pp.33-48. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91223-5.00011-3]
spellingShingle water resources
energy
food security
nexus
Kiala, Z.
Jewitt, G.
Senzanje, A.
Mutanga, O.
Dube, T.
Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe
EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title_full EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title_fullStr EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title_full_unstemmed EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title_short EO-WEF: a earth observations for water, energy, and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
title_sort eo wef a earth observations for water energy and food nexus geotool for spatial data visualization and generation
topic water resources
energy
food security
nexus
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119708
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