Urban Metabolic Analysis of Food-Water-Energy System Using System Dynamics Simulation
Abstract
Urban metabolism analyzes supply and consumption of nutrition, material, energy, and other resources within cities. Food, water, and energy are critical resources for the human society and have complicated competitive and cooperative influence on each other. The management of interactive resources is essential for supply chain analysis. This research analyzes the food-water-energy system of urban metabolism. A system dynamics model is established to investigate city metabolism of food, water, and energy resources. This study conducts a food-water-energy case study of Shihmen Reservoir system, hydropower generation, paddy rice irrigation of Taoyuan and Shihmen Irrigation Associations, and water consumption in Taoyuan, New Taipei, and Hsinchu cities. The proposed model quantifies the competition and cooperation of the food-water-energy interactive nexus. The results demonstrate tradeoff of food, water, and energy resources allocation.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFM.H13M1940H
- Keywords:
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- 1803 Anthropogenic effects;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 1834 Human impacts;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 1880 Water management;
- HYDROLOGYDE: 6334 Regional planning;
- POLICY SCIENCES