Nature-based solutions addressing the water-energy-food nexus: Review of theoretical concepts and urban case studies

Carvalho, Pedro N.; Finger, David C.; Masi, Fabio; Cipolletta, Giulia; Oral, Hasan Volkan; Tóth, Attila; Regelsberger, Martin; Expósito, Alfonso

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130652

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“…Cities must integrate the urban design process with other disciplines that are responsible for water management in order to achieve sustainable urban water management (SAWM) [6]. Nature-based solutions (NBSs) are an effective and cost-efficient approach to sustainable urban water development [7]. NBSs are green infrastructures [8], and, over the long term, NBS green infrastructures have been frequently more effective at increasing urban resilience than grey infrastructures [9].…”

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Knowledge Atlas on the Relationship between Water Management and Constructed Wetlands—A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

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Water management is a crucial resource conservation challenge that mankind faces, and encouraging the creation of manmade wetlands with the goal of achieving long-term water management is the key to long-term urban development. To summarise and analyse the status of the research on the relationship between water management and constructed wetlands, this paper makes use of the advantages of the bibliometric visualization of CiteSpace to generate country/region maps and author-collaboration maps, and to analyse research hotspots and research dynamics by using keywords and literature co-citations based on 1248 pieces of related literature in the core collection in the Web of Science (WoS) database. The existing research shows that the research content and methods in the field of constructed-wetland and water-management research are constantly being enriched and deepened, including the research methods frequently used in constructed wetlands in water management and in the research content under concern, the functions and roles of constructed wetlands, the relevant measurement indicators of the purification impact of constructed wetlands on water bodies, and the types of water bodies treated by constructed wetlands in water management. We summarise the impact pathways of constructed wetlands on water management, as well as the impact factors of constructed wetlands under water-management objectives, by analysing the future concerns in the research field to provide references for research.

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“…Studies on the energy-food nexus, urban case studies, theoretical concepts, and post-COVID-19 agri-food supply chains are also included in the cluster. The most relevant citer to the cluster is Carvalho, Pedro (2022), who suggested that built wetlands are part of a nature-based solution to the water-energy-food nexus [7];…”

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“…NbS address societal challenges and enable resource recovery, climate mitigation and adaptation, human well-being, ecosystem restoration and/or improvement of biodiversity status, within urban ecosystems” [ 104 ]. However, the academic literature usually evaluates this term as a single functional dimension, usually water management [ 105 ]. NbS will play an important role in the EU Green Deal Strategy [ 106 ] and in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 [ 107 ], aiming to implement the farm-to-table strategy [ 108 ].…”

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A Discussion on the Application of Terminology for Urban Soil Sealing Mitigation Practices

Rodríguez-Rojas

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2022

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Soil sealing is one of the most serious environmental problems today regarding its impact on cities. This article presents an analysis of the different urban practices currently used to mitigate the effects of soil sealing in urban areas. The main typologies, characteristics, differences, similarities and objectives have been considered. The practices analyzed were SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems), LIDs (Low Impact Developments), BMPs (Best Management Practices), WSUD (Water Sensitive Urban Design), GI (Green Infrastructure), and NbS (Nature-based Solutions). To understand the impact of these terms, an analysis of their presence in the scientific literature over the last 10 years is carried out. The results indicate that the trend in the use of these terms is increasing, with the number of articles having doubled in the last 10 years. This indicates the importance that the problem of soil sealing has acquired in the world, and the relevant environmental benefits of addressing it.

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“…There has been an increase in publications of Nexus research, presenting case studies [3,9,10], methodological frameworks [11][12][13][14], and a Nexus governance approach [6,7,15]. However, the lack of data systematization culture and stakeholder engagement toward policy planning and implementation demands inter-multi-transdisciplinary strategies to comprehend and synthesize the inherent complexity of socioenvironmental systems and their sustainability [16][17][18].…”

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Sustainability assessment of Cerrado and Caatinga biomes in Brazil: A proposal for collaborative index construction in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

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Front. Phys.

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The 2030 Agenda framework represents an opportunity for the co-development of local indicators and shares the same principles of cross-sectoral integration and universality as the water–energy–food nexus. This research aimed to develop a quantitative-collaborative methodology for constructing indicators and indexes for the sustainability of the Cerrado and Caatinga Brazilian biomes, considering the connection and synergies between the Nexus perspective and the 2030 Agenda’s SDG–target framework. The study was applied in 2,512 municipalities that make up the total of the mentioned biomes. The methodology consists of four major blocks: i) identification and construction of indicators based on the association of them with one or more 2030 Agenda’s targets, in a collaborative way from expert groups; ii) generation of weights by an indicator considering leverage, according to the number of target assignments, and importance, attributed by experts for each indicator to the target; iii) generation of sustainable development goal indexes, considering the performance of the SDGs; Nexus performance, considering different weights between the SDGs; Nexus synergistic, the standard deviation between the SDGs; and Nexus overall, a combination of the last two; and iv) sensitivity analysis for performance indexes considering the assignment of zero values to the governance indicators. In general, the regions of MATOPIBA, northern and western of Cerrado and the Caatinga, are, on average, the areas of greatest vulnerability. The targets that respond to this inequality are related to eradicating hunger, sustainable and climate-resilient production systems, universal access to water, water quality, efficiency of multiple water uses, access to energy, and the participation of renewable energies. We found that in areas of better average nexus performance, there is also greater inequality between nexus dimensions; therefore, the Nexus overall index is penalized. The federal units and areas with the worst Nexus dimension performances and with insufficient governance measures are north and northwest of Bahia and municipalities bordering the State of Tocantins—food; Maranhão and Piauí, northeast of Mato Grosso, northwest of Goiás, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba—water; and Maranhão, extreme southeast of Pará, and more sparsely in Paraíba—energy.

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Nature-based solutions addressing the water-energy-food nexus: Review of theoretical concepts and urban case studies

Cited by 58 publications

References 109 publications

Knowledge Atlas on the Relationship between Water Management and Constructed Wetlands—A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

Knowledge Atlas on the Relationship between Water Management and Constructed Wetlands—A Bibliometric Analysis Based on CiteSpace

A Discussion on the Application of Terminology for Urban Soil Sealing Mitigation Practices

Sustainability assessment of Cerrado and Caatinga biomes in Brazil: A proposal for collaborative index construction in the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Water-Energy-Food Nexus

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