The Nexus Approach to Governance of Environmental Resources Considering Global Change

Kurian, Mathew and Ardakanian, Reza, "The Nexus Approach to Governance of Environmental Resources Considering Global Change" in Governing the Nexus: Water, Soil and Waste Resources Considering Global Change ed. Kurian, Mathew and Ardakanian, Reza (Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015), 3-13.

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  • Author Kurian, Mathew
    Ardakanian, Reza
    Book Editor Kurian, Mathew
    Ardakanian, Reza
    Chapter Title The Nexus Approach to Governance of Environmental Resources Considering Global Change
    Book Title Governing the Nexus: Water, Soil and Waste Resources Considering Global Change
    Publication Date 2015
    Place of Publication Cham
    Publisher Springer International Publishing
    Start page 3
    End page 13
    Language eng
    Abstract Global trends such as urbanization, demographic and climate change that are currently underway pose serious challenges to sustainable development and integrated resources management. The International Panel on Climate Change noted in 2007 that one key feature of these changes is an acceleration of the global hydro-cycle. This is manifested in the increasing frequency or severity of extreme events such as floods and droughts. Since water is a potent dissolver and transport agent of soils, nutrients, other chemicals and materials and wastes may ‘migrate’ with water and could be ‘lost’ in unwanted places such as oceans, which may make recycling unfeasible with technologies that are available today. The ‘volatility’ of water resources needs to be accounted for given an increasing demand for food production. At the same time, there is a growing concern about soil degradation and the decline in soil quality, while the demand for food is going to increase. In this context, environmental quality can be satisfied only if soil, waste and water resources are managed in a sustainable and integrated manner. Given the limitations of the conventional technology transfer model in terms of addressing environmental challenges it is now acknowledged that capacity development approaches that aim to facilitate technology adaptation may offer a better chance of success.
    Keyword Data visualization
    Environmental governance
    Institutional capacity development
    Integrated resource management
    Nexus approach
    Output-based aid
    Poverty-Environment (P-E) nexus
    Results-based financing
    Copyright Holder Springer International Publishing Switzerland
    Copyright Year 2015
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISBN 9783319057460
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-05747-7_1
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