Water Governance in a Comparative Perspective: From IWRM to a 'Nexus' Approach?
This paper reviews the burgeoning nexus literature to determine some common indicative criteria before examining its implementation in practice…
Understanding the political in groundwater management: Comparing Yemen and Ethiopia
This paper explores the role of politics in water management, in particular, comparing groundwater management in Yemen and Ethiopia.
Social norms in water services: Exploring the fair price of water
The aim of this article is to analyse price fairness in water services.
Power-Sharing in the English Lowlands? The Political Economy of Farmer Participation and Cooperation in Water Governance
We analyse the current power dynamic that exists among farmers and between them and the key stakeholders involved in water management.
Securitising sustainability? Questioning the 'water, energy and food-security nexus'
The nexus approach highlights the need for an integrative approach towards issues of water, energy and food, and puts them under a general framework…
Water Alternatives Special Issue // Critical Thinking on the "New Security Convergence" in Energy, Food, Climate and Water: Is the Nexus Secure... and for Whom?
The nexus is still very much an immature concept. Although it is difficult to disagree with a vision of integration between water, food and energy…
The water-energy-food security nexus through the lenses of the value chain and IAD frameworks
Although the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework has developed a solid reputation in the policy sciences, empirical applications…
Tackling complexity: Understanding the food-energy-environment nexus in Ethiopia's Lake Tana sub-basin
To achieve Ethipoia's goal to become a middle-income country by 2025, an agricultural development led industrialization strategy is being implemented.
New Publication // Time to redirect the focus of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus
The water-energy-food nexus is the "new kid on the block" in development thinking since 2008, and is a key concept within the UN post-2015…
The rise and implications of the water-energy-food nexus in Southeast Asia through an environmental justice lens
This article maps the rise of the water-energy-food 'nexus' as a research, policy and project agenda in mainland Southeast Asia.
Technical Veil, Hidden Politics: Interrogating the Power Linkages behind the Nexus
By Jeremy Allouche, Carl Middleton, Dipak Gyawali. The nexus is still very much an immature concept. Although it is difficult to disagree with a…
Node and Regime: Interdisciplinary Analysis of Water - Energy - Food Nexus in the Mekong Region
Understanding complex phenomena such as the water-energy-food nexus (resource nexus) requires a more holistic, interdisciplinary inquiry.
The 'nexus' as one step on the road to a more coherent water resource management paradigm
The interrelationships between water resources, food production and energy security have influenced policy for many decades so the emergence of the…
Nexus Research // US National Science Foundation to spend 75 million USD on the Nexus
As a part of the 2016 budget, NSF plans to invest heavily in research on the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS). This is an NSF-wide…
Renewable Energy for SIDS // Blog // IRENA Report Examines Renewables' Potential to Solve Water, Food and Energy Challenges
A report titled 'Renewable Energy in the Water, Energy and Food Nexus' finds that renewable energy has the potential to generate significant water…