Environmental Resource Management and the Nexus Approach

1. Managing Water, Soil, and Waste in the Context of Global Change
Hiroshan Hettiarachchi, Reza Ardakanian

Part I. Climate Change Adaptation

2. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Water and Land Context
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz

3. Climate Change, Profligacy, Poverty and Destruction: All Things Are Connected
Brian Moss

Part II. Urbanization as a Main Driver of Global Change

4. A Nexus Approach to Urban and Regional Planning Using the Four-Capital Framework of Ecological Economics
Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski

5. The Urban Water–Energy Nexus: Building Resilience for Global Change in the “Urban Century”
Christopher A. Scott, Arica Crootof, Sarah Kelly-Richards

Part III. Population Growth and Increased Demand for Resources

6. Role of Soils for Satisfying Global Demands for Food, Water, and Bioenergy
Winfried E. H. Blum

7. Implications of the Nexus Approach When Assessing Water and Soil Quality as a Function of Solid and Liquid Waste Management
Johan Bouma

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Management, Climate Change, Environmental Science and Engineering, Hydrology/Water Resources, Urban Ecology