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@ARTICLE{PahlWostl:889013,
author = {Pahl-Wostl, Claudia and Gorris, Philipp and Jager, Nicolas
and Koch, Larissa and Lebel, Louis and Stein, Christian and
Venghaus, Sandra and Withanachchi, Sisira},
title = {{S}cale-related governance challenges in the
water–energy–food nexus: toward a diagnostic approach},
journal = {Sustainability science},
volume = {16},
issn = {1862-4057},
address = {Tokyo},
publisher = {Springer Japan},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-05387},
pages = {615–629},
year = {2021},
abstract = {The notion of a water–energy–food (WEF) nexus was
introduced to encourage a more holistic perspective on the
sustainable development of natural resources. Most attention
has been directed at identifying potential synergies and
trade-offs among sectors that could be addressed with
improved technologies and management. The governance of the
WEF nexus more broadly has received comparatively little
attention, and the importance of scale in space and time has
been largely ignored. Inspired by scholarship on multi-level
governance in individual sectors, this paper identifies four
scale-related governance challenges in the WEF nexus,
namely: (1) scalar fit, which arises when planning and
operating procedures work at different levels along the
scales of space and time in different sectors; (2) scalar
strategies, wherever the levels at which actors have
influence and in which action takes place are contested and
negotiated; (3) institutional interplay, where rules and
norms in different sectors influence each other at different
levels; (4) scalar uncertainty, arising out of the
complexity of multi-level and multi-scale interactions. The
relevance of these four challenges is illustrated with case
studies from developed and developing countries. These
examples show the importance of considering multiple levels
and scales when assessing the likely effectiveness of WEF
nexus governance mechanisms or proposals. The cases
underline the need to pay close attention to issues of
power, contestation, and negotiation, in addition to the
analysis of institutional design. Thus, this paper
recommends that nexus governance efforts and proposals be
scrutinized for scale assumptions. The four identified
challenges offer a suitable starting point for diagnosis.},
cin = {IEK-STE},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {1111 - Effective System Transformation Pathways (POF4-111)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000600078000001},
doi = {10.1007/s11625-020-00888-6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/889013},
}