Nexus Basics // An Introduction to the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Arabic Language
The Nexus plays a crucial role in the Middle East. A nexus approach - specifically, to water and energy planning - can lead to smarter, more…
Conference // Call for Abstracts on "Exploring Geographic Connections"
Abstract submission for the conference "Exploring Geographic Connections", organised by the Australian National University and taking place in…
Publication // A Global Choke Point Report: China's Water-Energy-Food Roadmap
The water-energy-food nexus is creating a complicated challenge for China and the world. Energy development requires water. Moving and cleaning water…
Conference cancelled // The "Nexus 2015: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference", Chapel Hill/USA, has been cancelled
On 18 Feb 2015, the hosts of the event, The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and collaborators, announced that this…
// Asian countries urged to plan for sustainable urbanization
Asia is the fastest-growing region in the world, with a billion people added to its cities from 1980 to 2010. Urbanization drives Asia's position as…
Competition, conflict, and compromise: Three discourses used by irrigators in England and their implications for the comanagement of water resources
In this paper we use discourse analysis to explore the current dynamic that exists among farmer irrigators in England, and between irrigators and…
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…