When defining boundaries for nexus analysis, let the data speak
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Publication Date
2016-10Journal Title
Resources, Conservation and Recycling
ISSN
0921-3449
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
137
Pages
314-315
Language
English
Type
Article
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Taherzadeh, O., Bithell, M., & Richards, K. (2016). When defining boundaries for nexus analysis, let the data speak. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 137 314-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.06.012
Abstract
A policy and research agenda has emerged in recent years to understand the interconnected risks natural resource systems face and drive. The so-called ‘Food-Energy-Water’ (FEW) nexus has served as a focal point for the conceptual, theoretical and empirical development of this agenda. This special issue provides an opportunity to reflect on whether natural resource use, as viewed through the FEW-nexus lens, provides a useful basis for guiding integrated environmental management.
Within this piece, we describe how the partiality of the FEW-nexus overlooks major pathways of resource use (i) within the food system and (ii) across the wider burden of human activity. As a result, we argue FEW-centric analysis is more likely to disguise rather than reveal key opportunities for integrated environmental management.
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Cambridge Trust (Vice-Chancellor's Award)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.06.012
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/293893
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Licence URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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