Urban Nexus
Training Publication // The Urban Nexus Integrating Resources for Sustainable Cities
This publication was prepared under the project “Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: The Urban Nexus, which was jointly initiated with…
Case Study // Water, Energy, Food nexus
Assessing the WEF nexus ‘uniting Water, Energy and Food’ at the WEF summit at the Expo Dubai. Three case studies regarding the WEF Nexus are…
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…
Project // METABOLIC – Intelligent Urban Metabolic Systems for Green Cities of Tomorrow: an FWE Nexus-based Approach
This project will identify critical factors and define critical pathways of FWE delivery to urban centers using advanced tools such as artificial…
Job Opportunity // Full-Time Research Assistant at Urban Planning & Disaster Management, Ming Chuan University/Taiwan
This project is one of the work packages in “Understanding Innovative Initiatives for Governing Food, Water and Energy Nexus in Cities (IFWEN)”,…
Scholarship // Sustainable Urban Global Initiative Knowledge Fund
The Sustainability Research & Innovation Congress (SRI2021) has created a dedicated fund which will support professionals who work on sustainable…
Urban Nexus // Training and Training of Trainers successfully concluded in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
A workshop to introduce the Urban Nexus approach and specific tools for analyzing urban challenges has been conducted in Best Western Tuushin Hotel…
Urban Nexus // Mongolians Gain German Best Practice Experiences on Solid Waste Management and Waste Incineration
In order to cope with vast amounts of household waste, the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, is planning to create an environmentally friendly…
Project // The FEW-Meter - An Integrative Model to Measure and Improve Urban Agriculture, Shifting it towards Circular Urban Metabolism
This project will ask farmers to measure the efficiency of urban agriculture case studies in five developed countries by quantifying usage of energy,…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // Integrating the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus into national planning systems
The second phase (2020-2023) of the European Union project "Central Asian Dialogue to Promote Sectoral Financing through the Water-Energy-Food Nexus"…
Case Study // Waste Management in Tanjung Pinang, Indonesia
By Martin Schaub and Jérémie Bertrand. This case study presents a concept for the implementation of an Urban Nexus-approach based waste management…
PhD Position // Urban Sustainability and Food-Water-Energy Nexus, University of Florida
The Qiu Lab at the University of Florida is seeking a prospective PhD student with strong motivation and enthusiasm about graduate research to study…
Project // IN-SOURCE: INtegrated analysis and modelling for the management of sustainable urban FWE ReSOURCEs
This project aims to develop a shared urban data and modeling framework to help decision makers (such as governments, utilities, developers,…
Project // FEWSUS: Food-Energy-Water to Support Sustainable Urban Systems
Funded by the US National Science Foundation, the objectives of this International Research Coordination Network are to build a comprehensive…
Research Article // SDG Implementation through Technology? Governing Food-Water-Technology Nexus Challenges in Urban Agriculture
By Sandra Schwindenhammer and Denise Gonglach. This study shows that the emerging SUSKULT technology has the potential to facilitate SDG…