ENabling LARGE-scale integration of technology hubs to enhance community resiliency via DDS in various urban FWE nexuses

ENLARGE

Call

  • Nexus

Project Website

Principal Investigator

Dr. Edo Abraham, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands and Dr. Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida, United States

Partners

N C Van de Giesen, Delft University of Technology - Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Netherlands Dr. Molle Bruno, IRSTEA, France Clouet Benjamin, Ecosec, France Dr. Nicolas Condom, ECOFILAE, France Virpi Heybroek, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions, Netherlands Nancy Schneider, Institute for Sustainable Communities, United States

Funders

  • ANR (The French National Research Agency), NSF (National Science Foundation), NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research)

Project Objective

This project aims to generate actionable information by analysing the distributed production and storage of materials and energy flows into, out of, and within a community/city given their consumption patterns and supply chains associated with various food-water-energy (FWE) nexuses.

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

  • Europe, North America

Country

  • France, Netherlands, United States of America (USA)

Duration

48 months

Call Date

December 9, 2016

Project Award Date

February 15, 2018