126 that underlie their views of the world, thus increasing their ability to accomplish different and multi target policies 5 1 1 Identification of the key scenario attributes To develop institutions[.]
126 that underlie their views of the world, thus increasing their ability to accomplish different and multi-target policies 5.1.1 Identification of the key scenario attributes To develop institutions that can aptly address food-water-energy security challenges and ensure the security of food-water-energy supply in Vietnam, the key scenario attributes need to be determined Energy-food-water security is a multifaceted concept, and critically captures key attributes these resources, namely efficiency, availability and affordability associated with (UNEP 2008, Chester 2010, FAO 2013b) Regarding water security, the main elements are i) water accessibility; ii) water safety; and iii) water affordability so that every person can lead a clean, healthy and productive life, while ensuring that the natural environment is protected and enhanced (Global Water Partnership, 2000) Therefore, three attributes of water security are defined in this research, namely, water availability, water stress and water intensity In terms of food security, key elements of food security are identified as i) food availability, which is influenced by production, distribution and exchange of food; ii) access to food - including affordability, allocation and preference; and iii) food stability over time (Ericksen, 2008; Schumidhuber & Tubiello, 2007) Within this research’s scope, food security is defined in terms of three attributes, namely, food accessibility, food-import dependency and food affordability Scenario attributes are divided in this research into broad categories of indicators, namely socio-economic, food-water-energy security, and environmental, as described in Figure 5-1, and later discussed in following sections of this chapter