Water, Energy, and Environment – A PrimerWater, Energy, and Environment – A PrimerEditor(s): Allan R. Hoffman,Access to clean water and energy are critical to economic growth and sustainable development. Providing water and energy services has important environmental impacts. Understanding the inextricable linkages among water, energy, and environment – the water-energy-environment nexus – will be a priority for all levels of government in the decades ahead as they develop and implement policies to enhance human welfare. We are also experiencing the beginning of an energy revolution in these early years of the 21st Century. Understanding the nature of this revolution is important, and this book provides an introduction to, and explanation, of this revolution. Specific topics discussed, in addition to explaining the nexus, include:
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