About the Urban Nexus (Food-Water-Energy Nexus) category

This category is dedicated to the intersection of food, water, and energy systems in peri-urban areas, exploring how they interact and impact sustainability and human well-being.

Why should people use this category? What is it for? This category is for discussing the interdependence between food systems, water resources, and energy consumption in peri-urban areas. It’s a platform for analyzing how these sectors work together and where they create tensions.

How exactly is this different than the other categories we already have? Unlike categories that may focus on just one resource, this one is about the nexus — the interconnections and trade-offs between water, food, and energy systems, which often have overlapping management challenges.

What should topics in this category generally contain? Topics should address how policies, technological innovations, and urbanization impact the food-water-energy nexus, as well as discussions on best practices and case studies for optimizing this relationship.

Do we need this category? Can we merge with another category, or subcategory? This category is important for capturing the complexity of interconnected systems and should not be merged with broader sustainability or governance categories.