Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices: operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

CRUNCH

Call

  • Nexus

Project Website

https://www.crunch.edu.pl/

Principal Investigator

Dr. Alessandro Melis, University of Portsmouth

Partners

Shang-Lien Lo, National Taiwan University - Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, Chinese Taipei Chris Cooper, KnowNow Information Ltd., United Kingdom Nicole Thorpe, Experior Micro Technologies Ltd., United Kingdom Ben Smith, AECOM Ltd., United Kingdom Dr. Sukanya Krishnamurthy, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven - Department of the Built Environment, Netherlands Dr. Joanna Bach-Glowinska, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Edith Ngai, Uppsala University - Information Technology, Sweden Dr. Duncan Booker, Glasgow City Council, United Kingdom Tom Andrews, Soil Association, United Kingdom Chris Livemore, Southend on Sea Borough Council, United Kingdom Thomas Spiegelhalter, Florida International University, United States

Funders

  • FORMAS (The Swedish Research Council), Innovate UK, MOST (Ministry of Science and Technology), NCN (National Science Centre), NSF (National Science Foundation), NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research), UKRI (UK Research and Innovation)

Project Objective

The CRUNCH consortium brings together a breadth of expertise and diversity of technical, social and business disciplines to develop a new knowledge platform, support better decision making and work on the common challenges. We are aiming for ground-breaking outcomes that are truly transdisciplinary, working closely with local stakeholders at every step of the project. The aim of CRUNCH is to demonstrate how the Food-Water Energy Nexus can strengthen urban resilience through creating an interconnected knowledge platform with cross-sectorial indicators for a support tool and assessment framework, to guide decision-making.

Call Objective

The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a joint call established in order to bring together actors to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge. The ultimate goal is to increase the access and the quality of life.

Region

  • Asia, Europe, North America

Country

  • Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America (USA)

Duration

40 months

Call Date

December 9, 2016

Project Award Date

February 15, 2018