Governance (of the Nexus)
Training Slides // Urban Nexus in the MENA Region
The Nexus Regional Dialogue Programme MENA and its partners conducted a training on the Urban Nexus in Feburary. Now, the training material is…
Project // CRUNCH: Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices: Operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
CRUNCH will demonstrate how the urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus can strengthen urban resilience through creating an interconnected knowledge platform…
Urban Nexus // The water-energy-food nexus: An integration agenda and implications for urban governance
By Francesa Artioli, Michele Acuto and Jenny McArthur. This paper aims to ‘urbanise' the nexus agenda and consider the implications of policy…
Urban Nexus // Urban Nexus Science for Future Cities: Focus on the Energy-Water-Food-X Nexus
By Joshua B. Sperling, Philip R. Berke. Interactive system modeling and participatory technologies are needed to support stakeholder engagement and…
Integrated Resource Management in Asian cities // The Urban Nexus
The project focuses on the topics of secure water supply and sanitation systems, energy security and efficiency, land use, and food security. The…
Urban Nexus Project // Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus Project
By Ruth Erlbeck. The “nexus” approach aims at integrated planning and management processes of the key sectors of energy, water and food. This…
Urban Nexus // The food-energy-water nexus and urban complexity
By Patricia Romero-Lankao, Timon McPhearson, Debra J. Davidson. While tackling interdependencies among food, energy, and water security is promising,…
Urban Nexus // Connecting the resource nexus to basic urban service provision – with focus on water-energy interactions in New York City
By R.E. Engström, M. Howells, G. Detouni, V. Bhatt, M. Bazilian and H.H. Rogner. Urban water and energy systems are crucial for sustainably meeting…
Urban Nexus // The Contribution of Innovation in Urban Resilience and Sustainability to Realizing the Urban Nexus
By Nicholas You. The purpose of this article is to look at lessons learned from a unique snapshot of case studies in urban innovation from different…
Urban Nexus // Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Increasing the Productivity of Cities and Urbanized Nations
By Kathrine Brekke and Jeb Brugmann. In 2014, GIZ and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability published a report, Operationalizing the Urban…
Urban Nexus // How Can Cities Reduce Water-Energy Nexus Pressures?
By Robert C. Brears. Cities over the past century have become the driving force of the global economy. Accounting for over half the world’s…
Urban Nexus Workshop Outputs // 12-13 May at the University of Sussex in Brighton
Around 60 people took part in the Nexus Network Urban Nexus workshop on 12 and 13 May at the University of Sussex in Brighton.
Urban Nexus Workshop Outputs // 12-13 May at the University of Sussex in Brighton
Around 60 people took part in the Nexus Network Urban Nexus workshop on 12 and 13 May at the University of Sussex in Brighton. Speakers drew…
University of Sussex // SPRU project to investigate resilience and vulnerability at the urban Nexus
Three SPRU researchers; Professor Fiona Marshall, Dr Saurabh Arora and Dr Ralitsa Hiteva, have been awarded a grant by the ESRC for a project…
Job Vacancy // Postdoctoral Position: Resilience and vulnerability at the urban nexus of food, water, energy and the environment
A postdoctoral candidate with strong social science background and proven training and research interests in urban studies, social practices or…