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Urban–Rural Partnership Framework to Enhance Food–Energy–Water Security in the Post-COVID-19 Era
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12493, p 12493 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Food, energy, and water (collectively referred to as ‘FEW’) security forms the key to human survival as well as socioeconomic development. However, the security of these basic resources is increasingly threatened due to growing demand. Beyond the widespread implications on public health, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has further raised additional challenges for FEW security, particularly for urban populations, as they mainly outsource their FEW demands from rural areas outside their physical boundaries. In light of that, this study reviews existing literature on FEW security to highlight the growing relevance of urban–rural linkages for realizing FEW security, especially against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. To achieve this, relevant research documents have been identified through Elsevier’s Scopus database and other sources (by applying search equations). The authors have accordingly underlined the necessity of shifting the conventional urban-centric approach to city region-centric development planning for the post-COVID-19 era. To this end, a framework has been suggested for translating physical urban–rural linkages to a partnership enhancing a collective response. The major elements of this framework are the conceptualization of national-level policies to support urban–rural linkages. The framework can play the role of a science–policy–action interface to redesign the FEW system in city regions.
- Subjects :
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Scopus
Socioeconomic development
Review
Outsourcing
Sustainable Societies
Water Supply
Humans
Pandemics
Environmental planning
Conceptualization
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Water
sustainable development goals
urban–rural partnership
Water security
global goals
General partnership
Food energy
Medicine
food–energy–water security
Business
Rural area
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16604601
- Volume :
- 18
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....22746099c2dbd0aa46d25064df349dff
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312493