Decision-making Gaps regarding Food-Energy-Water Nexus? A Case Study of
the Kyoto City in Japan
Abstract
This research aims to identify several decision-making gaps which seem
to be existed around Food-Energy-Water Nexus through local case study in
the Kyoto city, Japan. Our research methodologies include calculating
food self-sufficiency ratio at local level using national statistics,
production area proportion of each food categories using local market
reports, and conducting impact assessment for Water-Energy Nexus based
on several scenarios of food policy. Based on the above calculation and
scenario analysis on several food policies, decision-making gaps
regarding Food-Energy-Water Nexus is abstracted. During the scenario
analysis, decision-making gaps regarding Food-Energy-Water Nexus are
found. In other words, while a watershed is decided automatically by
natural and geographical conditions, energy-shed usually depend on big
electricity companies and food-shed consists of consumers’ preferences,
retailers’ procurement policy, farmers’ tendency to change (or not
change) their production style and so on.