Stakeholder Workshops Informing System Modeling—Analyzing the Urban Food–Water–Energy Nexus in Amman, Jordan

Bernd Klauer (), Karin Küblböck, Ines Omann, Raphael Karutz, Christian Klassert, Yuanzao Zhu, Heinrich Zozmann, Mikhail Smilovic, Samer Talozi, Anjuli Jain Figueroa, Hannes Grohs, Jasmin Heilemann and Steven Gorelick
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Bernd Klauer: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Karin Küblböck: Austrian Foundation for Development Research—ÖFSE, A-1090 Wien, Austria
Ines Omann: Austrian Foundation for Development Research—ÖFSE, A-1090 Wien, Austria
Raphael Karutz: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Christian Klassert: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Yuanzao Zhu: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Heinrich Zozmann: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Mikhail Smilovic: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis—IIASA, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Samer Talozi: Methods for Irrigation and Agriculture (MIRRA), Amman 11194, Jordan
Anjuli Jain Figueroa: Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Hannes Grohs: Austrian Foundation for Development Research—ÖFSE, A-1090 Wien, Austria
Jasmin Heilemann: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research—UFZ, D-04318 Leipzig, Germany
Steven Gorelick: Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: Large cities worldwide are increasingly suffering from a nexus of food, water, and energy supply challenges. This complex nexus can be analyzed with modern physico-economic system models. Only when practical knowledge from those affected, experts, and decision makers is incorporated alongside various other data sources, however, are the analyses suitable for policy advice. Here, we present a concept for “Sustainability Nexus Workshops” suitable for extracting and preparing relevant practical knowledge for nexus modeling and apply it to the case of Amman, Jordan. The experiences of the workshop participants show that, although water scarcity is the predominant resource problem in Jordan, there is a close connection between food, water, and energy as well as between resource supply and urbanization. To prevent the foreseeable significant degradation of water supply security, actions are needed across all nexus dimensions. The stakeholders demonstrate an awareness of this and suggest a variety of technical measures, policy solutions, and individual behavioral changes—often in combination. Improving the supply of food, water, and energy requires political and institutional reforms. In developing these, it must be borne in mind that the prevalent informal structures and illegal activities are both strategies for coping with nexus challenges and causes of them.

Keywords: food-water-energy nexus; nexus challenges; policy interventions; sustainable use of resources; stakeholder participation; sustainability nexus workshops; physico-economic system model; mega city; Amman (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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