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SUMMARY:Assessing the energy\, water and land nexus in China  - Ying Qin\,
  Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Felice Torrisi
DESCRIPTION:Energy\, water and land are closely interlinked but policies t
 hat address these resources are mostly developed in isolation of each othe
 r. Certain policies made to alleviate stress on one particular resource ma
 y have unexpected consequences on another. In China\, economic growth and 
 an emerging middle class continue to drive the demand for energy\, water a
 nd land resources which are already experiencing stress and shortfalls. Th
 e country has 22% of the world’s population but only 6% of the world’s
  freshwater resources and 7% of the world’s arable land with substantial
  regional variations in both natural and socio-economic conditions. Food\,
  energy and water security are all important concerns for the Chinese gove
 rnment. Policies have been put in place to tackle growing pressures on the
 se resources\, however such plans are not integrated. There is a need for 
 nexus-orientated approaches so that good decisions can be made to ensure t
 he sustainable use of resources in the future. This research project takes
  a holistic approach in analysing the dynamic interactions between water\,
  energy and land resources and their policies in China for current and fut
 ure scenarios. The use of resources are traced from their initial sources 
 to the services that they provide (see figure). 
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
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