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Land-use Planning and Practices

According to the Canadian Institute of Planners, planning refers to the “scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities” (“About Planning”, Canadian Institute of Planners). Land-use planning provides an integrated platform to support equitable access to energy, water and food resources and the sustainable development of land to meet current and future community needs.

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A World at Risk: Aggregating Development Trends to Forecast Global Habitat Conversion

The authors of this article project and aggregate global spatial patterns of expected urban and agricultural expansion, as well as…

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PLoS ONE

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7 October 2015

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Agrivoltaic Systems to Optimise Land Use for Electric Energy Production

In this work, a patented “agrivoltaic” solar tracking system named Agrovoltaico is examined in combination with a maize crop in…

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Applied Energy

Date:

15 June 2018

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Agrivoltaic Potential on Grape Farms in India

To investigate and quantify PV generation potential, without significantly harming agriculture output, the authors of this study explore the viability…

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Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

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1 October 2017

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Cities and “Budget‐based” Management of the Energy‐Water‐Climate Nexus: Case Studies in Transportation Policy, Infrastructure Systems, and Urban Utility Risk Management

This article reviews city case studies to inform a framework for developing urban infrastructure design standards and policy instruments that…

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Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy (AlChE)

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3 November 2017

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Ethics, Sustainability and the Water, Energy, Food Nexus Approach – A New Integrated Assessment of Urban Systems

Integrated assessment approach based on the Nexus City Index we combine an ethical derivation with participatory and accounting tools to…

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Energy Procedia

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1 June 2016

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Connecting the Resource Nexus to Basic Urban Service Provision – with a Focus on Water-Energy Interactions in New York City

This paper proposes and applies a technology-independent “reference resource-to-service system” framework for concurrent evaluation of urban water and energy system…

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Sustainable Cities and Society

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1 May 2017

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Urban Food Consumption and Associated Water Resources: The Example of Dutch Cities

This paper analyzes the dependency of urban inhabitants on the resource water for food consumption, by means of Dutch cities.…

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Science of The Total Environment

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15 September 2016

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Climate Change and Food Security

This is a fact sheet from the U.S. government’s Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative “Feed the Future” on climate…

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Feed the Future

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A Nexus Perspective on Competing Land Demands: Wider Lessons from a UK Policy Case Study

This paper critiques current policies and practices to explore the interdependencies at the water-energy-food nexus. It considers how current land…

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Environmental Science & Policy

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1 May 2016

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Colocation Opportunities for Large Solar Infrastructures and Agriculture in Drylands

The goal of this study was to explore opportunities to colocate solar infrastructures and agricultural crops to maximize the efficiency…

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Applied Energy