Water and Energy: Threats and Opportunities - Second Edition

Rapid and important developments in the area of energy - water nexus over the last two to three years have been significant. This new edition of Water and Energy: Threats and Opportunities is timely and continues to highlight the inextricable link between water and energy, providing an up-to-date overview of the subject with helpful detailed summaries of the technical literature. Water and Energy has been up-dated throughout and major changes are: * New chapters on global warming and fossil fuels, including shale gas and fracking. * The consequences of the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Mexican Gulf and the Niger Delta oil spills. * New developments in hydropower * Continued competition between food, water and energy Water and Energy Threats and Opportunities, 2e creates an awareness of the important couplings between water and energy. It shows how energy is used in all the various water cycle operations and demonstrates how water is used and misused in all kinds of energy production and generation.Population increase, climate change and an increasing competition between food and fuel production create enormous pressures on both water and energy availability. Since there is no replacement for water, water security looks more crucial than energy security. This is true not only in developing countries but also in the most advanced countries. For example, the western parts of the USA suffer from water scarcity that provides a real security threat. Part One of the book describes the water-energy nexus, the conflicts and competitions and the couplings between water security, energy security, and food security. Part Two captures how climate change, population increase and the growing food demand will have major impact on water availability in many countries in the world. Part Three describes water for energy and how energy production and conversion depend on water availability.

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Author(s) - Gustaf Olsson

Paperback

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ISBN - 9781780407326

Dimensions - 24.4 x 17 x 2.6 cm

Page Count - 496

Hardback

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ISBN - 9781780406930

Dimensions - 24.4 x 17 x 2.9 cm

Page Count - 496