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Megan Konar
Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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The future of water and society research
2024 NEW GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS I
union sessions | 10 december 2024
Megan Konar
In this talk, I will present a vision for the future of water and society research....
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The Climate-Food-Urbanization Nexus and the Precursors of Instability in Africa
CLIMATE CHANGE IN FRAGILE CONTEXTS: RESPONSES, ADAPTATION, AND SECURITY I POSTER
global environmental change | 09 december 2024
Cascade Tuholske, Kelly K. Caylor, Andrew Zimmer, ...
Climate change is disrupting food security, livelihoods, and societal stability across Africa. But climate change impacts are happening in parallel wi...
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Watersheds and Infrastructure Providing Food, Energy, and Water to US Cities
EARTH'S FUTURE
12 june 2024
Yufei Ao, Md Abu Bakar B. Siddik, Megan Konar, Lan...
Civil infrastructure underpins urban receipts of food, energy, and water (FEW) produced in distant watersheds. In this study, we map flows of FEW g...
Optimization of National Grain Imports to Balance Risk and Return: A Portfolio Theory Approach
ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
union sessions | 13 december 2023
Megan Konar, Deniz Berfin Karakoc
Global grain trade plays a key role in food security. Many nations rely on imported grain to meet their dietary requirements. Grain imports may be at ...
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Mapping the flows of Food, Energy, and Water supplies to US Cities via infrastructure
MULTISECTOR DYNAMICS: ENERGY-WATER-LAND INTERACTIONS AT MULTIPLE SCALES I ORAL
global environmental change | 13 december 2023
Md Abu Bakar B. Siddik, Yufei Ao, Megan Konar, Lan...
Cities require supplies of Food, Energy, and Water (FEW). These FEW supplies underpin modern urban life but may be at risk from water stress or other ...
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Mapping Agri-food Flows on Multi-modal Transportation Infrastructure
AGRIFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH A FOCUS ON HUMAN IMPACTS ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS II POSTER
global environmental change | 12 december 2023
Deniz Berfin Karakoc, Megan Konar
Agriculture and food supply chains incorporate the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of perishable goods where these complex syste...
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Irrigation by Produce and Animal Feed Crop in the Continental United States from 2008 to 2020
WATER AND SOCIETY: WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND POLICY IN A CHANGING WORLD III ELIGHTNING
hydrology | 12 december 2023
Jack Hanley, Megan Konar
Agriculture is the largest user of water in the United States, yet it is not well understood how that water is distributed amongst different crops, lo...
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A Pathway to Implementation of Sustainability, Equity, and Resilience Metrics in Wasted Food Models
AGRIFOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH A FOCUS ON HUMAN IMPACTS ON FOREST ECOSYSTEMS II POSTER
global environmental change | 12 december 2023
Tiruwork B. Tibebu, Siyu Li, Mariana Torres Arroy...
Food security goals aim to meet human nutrition needs and food preferences in an equitable, sustainable, and resilient manner. One strategy that has b...
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