Scaling the nexus

Towards integrated frameworks for analysing water, energy and food

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ID7290263
AutoresScott J Mcgrane (0000-0002-5277-1347, School of Mathematics & Statistics University of Glasgow Glasgow UK, autor correspondente), Michele Acuto (0000-0003-4320-0531, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy University College London London UK), Francesca Artioli (0000-0002-6600-2645, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy University College London London UK), Po‐yu Chen (0000-0002-0375-0718, Department of Computing Imperial College London London UK), Rob Comber (0000-0002-3127-1917, Newcastle University), Robert Comber (School of Computing Science University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne UK), Julian Cottee (Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford Oxford UK), Geremy Farr‐wharton (0000-0002-1617-8730, School of Computing Science University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne UK), Nicola Green (0000-0001-5413-0642, School of Computing Science University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne UK), Ariella Helfgott (0000-0002-3987-6304, Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford Oxford UK), Shaun Larcom (0000-0003-0029-3264, Department of Land Economy University of Cambridge Cambridge UK), Julie A Mccann (0000-0001-9786-7257, Department of Computing Imperial College London London UK), Paul O’reilly (0000-0002-6205-2354, University of Oxford), Patrick O'Reilly (Environmental Change Institute University of Oxford Oxford UK), Gloria Salmoral (0000-0002-3359-3354, Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn UK), Marian Scott (0000-0002-3709-0623, School of Mathematics & Statistics University of Glasgow Glasgow UK), Lindsay Todman (0000-0003-1232-294X, Rothamsted Research), Lindsay C Todman (Rothamsted Research Harpenden UK), Terry Van Gevelt (0000-0002-5512-8840, Department of Politics and Public Administration University of Hong Kong Hong Kong City Hong Kong), Xiaoyu Yan (0000-0003-3973-3669, Environment and Sustainability Institute University of Exeter Penryn UK)
Ano2018
Volume185
Fascículo4
Páginas419-431
Data de publicação2018-05-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/geoj.12256
OpenAlexW2794771268
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas23
Referências citadas39

The emergence of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus has resulted in changes to the way we perceive our natural resources. Stressors such as climate change and population growth have highlighted the fragility of our WEF systems, necessitating integrated solutions across multiple scales. While a number of frameworks and analytical tools have been developed since 2011, a comprehensive WEF nexus tool remains elusive, hindered in part by our limited data and understanding of the interdependencies and connections across the WEF systems. To achieve this, the community of academics, practitioners and policy‐makers invested in WEF nexus research are addressing several critical areas that currently remain as barriers. First, the plurality of scales (e.g., spatial, temporal, institutional, jurisdictional) necessitates a more comprehensive effort to assess interdependencies between water, energy and food, from household to institutional and national levels. Second, and closely related to scale, a lack of available data often hinders our ability to quantify physical stocks and flows of resources. Overcoming these barriers necessitates engaging multiple stakeholders, and using experiences and local insights to better understand nexus dynamics in particular locations or scenarios, and we exemplify this with the inclusion of a UK‐based case study on exploring the nexus in a particular geographical area. We elucidate many challenges that have arisen across nexus research, including the impact of multiple scales in operation, and concomitantly, what impact these scales have on data accessibility. We assess some of the critical frameworks and tools that are applied by nexus researchers and articulate some of the steps required to develop from nexus thinking to an operationalisable concept, with a consistent focus on scale and data availability

Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Interdependence · Natural resource economics · Nexus (standard · Political science · Population · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Water energy · Computer Science · Energy and Environment Impacts · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies