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Project Profile: IN-SOURCE

INtegrated analysis and modelling for the management of sustainable urban FWE ReSOURCEs

Who?

Principal Investigators: Dr. Volker Coors, Hochschule Für Technik Stuttgart - Institut für Angewandte Forschung, Germany
Partners: Dr. Ernst Gebetsroither, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Dr. Karlheinz Erb, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt - Institut für Soziale Ökologie, Austria
Dennis Fricken, Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Germany
Alfred Helble, bw-engineers GmbH, Germany
Dr. Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, New York Institute of Technology, United States
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Mohamed, City University of New York - CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, United States
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What?

Full Project Title: INtegrated analysis and modelling for the management of sustainable urban FWE ReSOURCEs
Full Call Title: Nexus2016
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Why?

Project Objective: This project's objective is the development and application of tools for case studies in order to quantitatively assess the predicted impact of changes in urban land use due to population, climate change, the energy transition and the challenges of providing a truly resilient infrastructure.
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: Europe, North America
Countries: Austria, Germany, United States of America (USA)

When?

Duration: 36 months
Call Date: December 9, 2016
Project Award Date: February 15, 2018