Cities/urban Nexus
Study // Operationalizing the Urban Nexus: Towards resource-efficient and integrated cities and metropolitan regions
published by the German Development Cooperation and ICLEI. This study on “Operationalizing the Urban NEXUS: Towards resource-efficient and integrated…
News // How to Make Cities Resilient With the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
By Cornelia Forsthuber. While the case for the FWE nexus concept is relatively clear to make in a theoretical, academic context, translating it to…
Nexus Regional Dialogue Central Asia // Water and energy cooperation in the Amudarya River Basin
Turkmenistan places a high priority on water and energy issues in its state policy and diplomacy, while closely cooperating with neighboring…
Research Article // The water, land and carbon footprint of conventional and organic dairy systems in the Netherlands and Spain. A case study into the consequences of ecological indicator selection and methodological choices
By S. Bronts, P.W. Gerbens-Leenes & P. Guzmán-Luna. Dairy farming has a significant impact on the environment, including water and land use and…
News // For Near East and North Africa, the water, energy and food security nexus is crucial
FAO’s Director-General highlights the region’s vulnerability to the impacts of the climate crisis at FAO Regional Conference for the Near East.
Policy Brief // Promoting Human-Centric Technologies and the Urban Nexus to address the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Sustainability Challenges of Smart Cities
By Ghadah Aldabbagh, Nikos Dimitriou, Jauad el Kharraz, Hammou Laamrani, Kamal Tumi, Daniela Diegelmann, Majed Mohammed Mustafa Hallawani, Abdullah M…
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…
Research Article // Synergetic management of water-energy-food nexus system and GHG emissions under multiple uncertainties: An inexact fractional fuzzy chance constraint programming method
By Ye Xu and colleagues. In this study, an inexact fractional fuzzy chance constraint programming (IFFCCP) method has been developed to provide…
Research Article // A System Innovation Approach for Science-Stakeholder Interface: Theory and Application to Water-Land-Food-Energy Nexus
By Angelos Alamanos and colleagues. The authors synthesise lessons from Greece's practical and research experience, identify knowledge and…
Research Article // A factorial inexact copula stochastic programming (FICSP) approach for water-energy- food nexus system management
By Yu Wang and colleagues. In this research, a factorial inexact copula stochastic programming (FICSP) method is developed for planning the…
Research Article // Sustainable energy-water-food nexus integration and carbon management in eco-industrial parks
By Jamileh Fouladi and colleagues. Designing optimised and integrated Energy-Water-Food-Carbon nexus networks is increasingly essential. The…
Job Vacancy // National Irrigation and Water Sector Expert
This consultancy position is based at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in the Ukraine, and is open only to Ukraine…
Urban Nexus Metabolism // Urban Metabolic Analysis of a Food-Water-Energy System for Sustainable Resources Management
By Ming-Che Hu, Chihhao Fan, Tailin Huang, Chi-Fang Wang and Yu-Hui Chen. Urban metabolism analyzes the supply and consumption of nutrition,…
Case Study // Waste Management in Laguna Province, Philippines
By Martin Schaub and Jérémie Bertrand. When analysed with a Nexus perspective, solid waste can be transformed into precious energy and water…
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…