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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"WEF Nexus"”.
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Use and management of energy resources from Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) nexus perspective: The case of Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), Limpopo Province
Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) are necessity resources required by human beings for sustenance, social, and economic development. Energy is at the centre of the WEF nexus due to its dual role as a driver of economic activity and the largest contributor to global warming and climate change risks. In …
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Assessing sustainable water, energy and food nexus smart innovations, technologies and practices in Luvuvhu and Nzhelele River catchments areas, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa.
The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus aids in comprehending the complex and ever-evolving connections between these three essential resources. Climate change and slow economic growth are triggering an increase in pressure on global WEF resources. These present an increase in levels of trade-offs and …
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Exploring the relationship between the water-energy-food nexus and livelihoods at the local scale: a case study focussed on a low-income residential area in Velddrif, South Africa
The water-energy-food nexus (WEF nexus) has primarily been applied to addressing WEF security at large spatial scales in response to resource scarcity concerns. In contrast, WEF security at local levels, particularly amongst the poor, has received little attention. This thesis addresses this gap by …
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Mainstreaming Water Energy Food Nexus thinking and drought preparedness into local municipal planning: An analysis in the Bergrivier Municipality
… and major employers through a Water Energy Food Nexus lens. The study is grounded on literature based on water-energy-food nexus, the sustainable livelihoods framework and drought. Given that natural disasters such as drought tend to affect water, energy and food, it is important to understand …
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Tracing Pathways of Resource Use in the World Economy: An Analysis of National and Sectoral Influence across the Global Water-Energy-Land System
… drives. The so-called Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus has served as a focal point for the conceptual, theoretical and empirical development of this agenda. However, boundaries for WEF nexus assessment are usually established without a foundational understanding of major interactions and …
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Towards supporting cohesive decision making across water, energy and food through understanding challenges in Malawi
… Forum identified water, energy and food (WEF) security as a global risk, and the WEF nexus concept was first recognised and described in time for the Bonn conference in Germany the same year. The increasing pressures on our planet have resulted in resource shortages, leading to WEF …