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Intelligent Urban Metabolic Systems for Green Cities of Tomorrow: an FWE Nexus-based Approach

Who?

Principal Investigators: Dr. Fi-John Chang, National Taiwan University (NTU) - Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, Chinese Taipei
Partners: Dr. José Vicente Caixeta-Filho, University of São Paulo - ESALQ / ESALQ-LOG, Brazil
Dr. Makoto Taniguchi, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
Dr. Saud Ghani, Qatar University - Qatar University, Qatar
Kuei-Kuang Chen, Sunny Rich Power Co., Ltd, Chinese Taipei
Dr. Luis Rodríguez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Agricultural and Biological Engineering, United States
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What?

Full Project Title: Intelligent Urban Metabolic Systems for Green Cities of Tomorrow: an FWE Nexus-based Approach
Full Call Title: Nexus2016
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Why?

Project Objective: 1. Incorporate advanced tools/models into scientific collaboration framework
2. Propose governance strategies
3. Develop an international FWE Nexus capacity building system
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, North America, South America
Countries: Chinese Taipei

When?

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