Project Profile: CRUNCH
Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices: operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | 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 |
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What?
| Full Project Title: | Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices: operationalising the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| Full Call Title: | Nexus2016 |
| Website: | https://www.crunch.edu.pl/ |
Why?
| 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. |
Where?
| Regions: | Asia, Europe, North America |
| Countries: | Chinese Taipei, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America (USA) |
When?
| Duration: | 40 months |
| Call Date: | December 9, 2016 |
| Project Award Date: | February 15, 2018 |
