TWO-STAGE LAND USE OPTIMIZATION FOR A FOOD-ENERGY-WATER NEXUS SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY IN TEXAS EDWARDS REGION Chapter uri icon

abstract

  • 2019 Elsevier B.V. Efficient land use planning and scheduling in Food-Energy-Water Nexus (FEW-N) related systems is a complicated decision-making problem with resource competitions and conflicting objectives. Systematic thinking based on FEW-N is a necessity for modeling and optimization of the systems. However, challenges arise in making decisions while encountering conflicting objectives, multi-scale and multi-period problems, and multiple stakeholders. To address these challenges, we developed a generic optimization-based land allocation approach, which provides i) a composite FEW-N metric to help solve the multi-objective optimization problem and carry out assessments, and ii) a two-stage decomposition strategy to solve the multi-scale and multi-period planning and scheduling problem. The developed strategy was applied in a case study within the Texas Edwards Region. Computational results indicate that the approach can provide a comprehensive FEW-N metric to select strategies for optimal land allocation and limit stresses in the FEW-N, and achieve trade-off solutions for the multi-scale and multi-period FEW land use systems.

author list (cited authors)

  • Nie, Y., Avraamidou, S., Xiao, X., Pistikopoulos, E. N., & Li, J.

citation count

  • 5

complete list of authors

  • Nie, Yaling||Avraamidou, Styliani||Xiao, Xin||Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N||Li, Jie

Book Title

  • Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design

publication date

  • January 2019