R. Wang (Ranran)

Selected publications

Peer-reviewed publications

• Font Vivanco, D.; Wang, R. and E. Hertwich (2017). “Nexus strength: a novel metric for assessing the global resource nexus.” Journal of Industrial Ecology (in press).
• Wang, R.; J. B. Zimmerman; C. Wang;  D. Font Vivanco and E. Hertwich (2017). "Freshwater Vulnerability beyond Local Water Stress: Heterogeneous Effects of Water-Electricity Nexus Across the Continental United States." Environmental Science & Technology 51(17): 9899-9910.
• Wang, C.; R. Wang; E. Hertwich and Y. Liu (2017). "A technology-based analysis of the water-energy-emission nexus of China's steel industry." Resources Conservation and Recycling 124: 116-128.
• Wang, R.; E. Hertwich and J. B. Zimmerman (2016). "(Virtual) Water Flows Uphill toward Money." Environmental Science & Technology 50(22): 12320-12330 (ACS Editors’ Choice award; the “most read” article of Environmental Science & Technology (within a 30-day period)).
• Wang, R.; Zimmerman, J., Hybrid Analysis of Blue Water Consumption and Water Scarcity Implications at the Global, National, and Basin Levels in an Increasingly Globalized World. Environmental Science & Technology 2016, 50 (10), 5143-53.
• Wang, R.; Zimmerman, J. B., Economic and Environmental Assessment of Office Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Various US Cities. Environmental Science & Technology 2015, 49 (3), 1768-1778.
• Mo, W.; Wang, R.; Zimmerman, J. B., Energy-Water Nexus Analysis of Enhanced Water Supply Scenarios: A Regional Comparison of Tampa Bay, Florida, and San Diego, California. Environmental Science & Technology 2014, 48 (10), 5883-5891.
• Wang, R.; Eckelman, M. J.; Zimmerman, J. B., Consequential Environmental and Economic Life Cycle Assessment of Green and Gray Stormwater Infrastructures for Combined Sewer Systems. Environmental Science & Technology 2013, 47 (19), 11189-11198.

Selected conference presentations/posters

• Wang, R., Systems-based solutions to emerging water problems. Center for Industrial Ecology Lunchtime Speakers Series, February 17, 2016, New Haven, CT.
  
• Wang, R., Hertwich, E. G., Zimmerman, J. B., (Virtual) Water Flows Uphill towards Money. Gordon Research Conference in Industrial Ecology, June 19-24, 2016, Stowe, VT.
  
• Wang, R, Hertwich, E. G., Zimmerman, J. B., Virtual Water Trade: the Driver and Impacts. NSF-UCLA Workshop towards Food, Energy and Water Security, Dec.2-4, 2015, Los Angeles, CA.
  
• Wang, R., Zimmerman, J. B., Water Footprints: From Consumption Perspective to Consumer Empowerment. AEESP Research and Education Conference, June 13-16, 2015, New Haven, CT.
  
• Wang, R, Zimmerman, J. B., Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus in an Interconnected, Dynamic, and Uncertain World”. 31st International Conference of the System Dynamics Society, July 21-25, 2013, Cambridge, MA.
  
• Wang, R, Zimmerman, J. B., Water Energy Nexus: Vicious Cycle, Tradeoff, or Coupled Solution? NSF CMMI Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, July 9-12, 2012, Boston, MA.

Published book chapter

• S. An, Wang, R. (2009), “Chapter 12: Human-induced Drivers of the Development of Lake Taihu” in Lectures on China’s Environment, pp151-165. School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Press, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.