111年第1學期-2847 Water and Food Security 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Attendance and Participation	35	Individual
Midterm Assignment	30	Group or Individual (dependent on the number of students enrolled)
Final Assignment	35	Individual

教育目標

This course will provide a general and international approach to the issue of water and food security, with an overarching goal of educating students on the processes and conditions needed for safe, secure, and sustainable management of water and land resources. Students will learn what is water and food security and their importance in planning sustainable water and land management. Interconnections between water and food (water use and availability for food production) with respect to sustainable development. Physical availability of food and water resources and their geographical distribution, and how they can be developed to fulfil societal needs. Water and soil conservation and sustainable and regenerative agriculture concepts.

基本資料

選修課，學分數：2-0
上課時間：四/B,5[M016]
修課班級：永續學程1-4
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：

參考書目

1. Vågsholm I., Arzoomand, N.S. and Boqvist S. (2020). Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability—Getting the Trade-Offs Right.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4. DOI=10.3389/fsufs.2020.00016.
2. Young, S. L., Frongillo, E. A., Jamaluddine, Z., Melgar-Quiñonez, H., Pérez-Escamilla, R., Ringler, C., & Rosinger, A. Y. (2021). Perspective: The Importance of Water Security for Ensuring Food Security, Good Nutrition, and Well-being. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 12(4), 1058–1073. https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmab003.
3. Misra, A.K. (2014). Climate change and challenges of water and food security. International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment 3(1):153-165. url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2014.04.006.
4. Yonglong Lu, Alan Jenkins, Robert C. Ferrier, Mark Bailey, Iain J. Gordon, Shuai Song et al. (2015). Addressing China’s grand challenge ofachieving food security while ensuring environmental sustainability. Science Advances 1(1). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1400039#tab-citations
Textbooks:
5. World Economic Forum Water Initiative (2011). Water Security: The Water-Food-Energy-Climate Nexus. ‎ Island Press (Jan. 21 2011). 288 pp.
6. Lankford, B., Bakker, K., Zeitoun, M. and Conway, D. (2013). Water Security Principles, Perspectives and Practices. ISBN 9780415534710. Published December 2, 2013 by Routledge, 376 pp.
7. Zhang-Yue Zhou (2020). Global Food Security. What Matters? ISBN 9781315406947. Published December 6, 2019 by Routledge, 300 pp.
8. Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Eliot Gee (2020). Biodiversity, Food and Nutrition. A New Agenda for Sustainable Food Systems. ISBN 9780367141516. Published May 12, 2020 by Routledge, 334 Pages.