Design of an integration platform between the water-energy nexus and a business model applied for sustainable development

被引:6
作者
Mosalam, Heba Ahmed [1 ]
El-Barad, Mohamed [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Heliopolis Univ Sustainable Dev, Electromichan, 3 Belbis Cairo Desrt Rd, Cairo 2834, Egypt
[2] Ain Shams Univ, Dept Engn Sci, Inst Environm Studies & Res ISER, Cairo, Egypt
[3] Egyptian Russian Univ, Construct Dept, Fac Engn, Cairo 11829, Egypt
关键词
environmental platform; GIS; spatial data; sustainable development; Trinex; water-energy nexus;
D O I
10.2166/wst.2020.212
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Setting out an international standard schema for the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus and providing accurate data with realistic reports for investment through a simple application is essential for our real world. This research presents a tool to help anyone who wants to invest in environmental projects, especially water, energy, or food projects. The user can directly connect to a database of environmental data applying WEF nexus principles. This paper is looking for a mechanism to apply the WEF nexus concept through a web-based platform implementing unified concepts and terminology, setting basic criteria and standards, and making the data available, consistent, and homogeneous. Based on the problem statement, the purpose of this research is to implement a cross-application for sustainable development, including WEF nexus concepts, taking into consideration the interlinkage between the three resources integrated with a business model or financial study for projects. In addition, we have determined organizational perspectives of WEF nexus, including government entities, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector, and consolidated all the concepts into one set of WEF standards. Increasing the awareness of WEF nexus will help to establish a new generation of researchers who believe in the WEF nexus concepts and who will coordinate with developers and expert consultants to convert the WEF standards to programming coding.
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页码:1398 / 1405
页数:8
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