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Chapter 2 The urban living lab as an adaptive governance mechanism for the transdisciplinary Food-Water-Energy nexus : Lessons learned from six local contexts

Author
Ghodsvali, Maryam
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis, 2023.
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1 electronic resource (33 pages)
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Dane, Gamze and Vries, Bauke de
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English
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Summary
Chapter 2: Engaging end-users in the Food-Water-Energy (FWE) nexus process has recently become a core concept, though the practice is often diverse across social contexts. Improving the governance mechanism of nexus complexity and facilitating more inclusive resource management requires adaptive user-centred approaches. An approach that currently shows promise is the urban living lab (ULL), in which urban communities, as the end-users of urban products and services, engage in a problem-solving process together with other stakeholders towards urban development. ULLs are a sort of joint urban governance that provide opportunities created by the integration of multiple disciplines to address FWE nexus challenges. However, there is a great need for the FWE nexus approach to clarify how a ULL can best be organised and integrated into the local governance structure. This research aims to help cities broaden their knowledge of engaging end-users in the FWE nexus processes through an examination of how the ULL approach has been operationalised in the governance structure of a number of nexus-emphasised cities. This is undertaken through the analysis of empirical evidence acquired from six local case studies. The chapter concludes that integrating the fields of participatory modelling methods, the ULL approach, and the FWE nexus will considerably advance cities' capabilities in accomplishing the concept of transdisciplinarity for more sustainable environmental and natural resources management.
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9780367631970
9780367631987
978100311249511
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OAPEN Library.
Funding Information
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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