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Water Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson -
Water impacts on everything we do, so the problems that mount from handling it poorly are many and varied. To help contextualise the importance of H20 to populous places, we bring you some of...
FWE Nexus

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Facts & Figures

Karl Dickinson -
Trying to understand the food-water-energy (FWE) nexus has a lot of us scratching our heads. Trying to get anywhere with it is like unravelling a knotted ball of wool: you can tug at the threads,...
FWE Nexus

How to Involve Stakeholders in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson -
If you want a say in what happens within your city, the food-water-energy nexus is a perfect opportunity. It impacts almost every aspect of our lives and every function of our cities. Involving as...
FWE Nexus

How to Make Cities Resilient With the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Cornelia Forsthuber-Aumayr -
While the case for the FWE nexus concept is relatively clear to make in a theoretical, academic context, translating it to urban reality can be a struggle. Against a backdrop of climate change, urban...
FWE Nexus

Challenges of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Metka Novak -
While the food-water-energy nexus offers great advantages on one hand, on the other it’s important to keep in mind this system is not yet widely acknowledged, so it naturally comes with some hurdles. Read...
FWE Nexus

The Case for the Food-Water-Energy Nexus: How Cities Benefit

Metka Novak -
It’s about synergy of sectors – not competition – for sustainable use of given resources. We’re talking about the FWE nexus. Food, Water, and Energy “are highly interconnected: water is required for almost all...
Food

Food-Water-Energy Nexus Glossary

Karl Dickinson -
There's a lot to the food-water-energy nexus. From too little to too much, and how we manage these extremes and everything in between - it can be difficult to keep up with it all....
FWE Nexus

What Is the Food-Water-Energy Nexus?

Karl Dickinson -
Water, food, energy: in terms of creating sustainable cities, they are virtually impossible to separate. Optimising outputs for one relies on efficient resource management for all three, intrinsically locked as they are in the...
FWE Nexus

Data & Policy: Interpreting the Food-Water-Energy Nexus

Karl Dickinson -
The food-water-energy nexus is complex. People and organisations are funnels for the details that allow us to unravel the puzzle. This information they give sheds light on the interconnected domains and how we can...
Architecture & Design

CityChanger Carlo Ratti: Designing Natural-Artificial Cities

Karl Dickinson -
Technology and greenery will be more synergetic in cities of the future. Leading the charge for melding nature and the artificial is Professor Carlo Ratti, who is pushing the frontiers of innovation in urban...
Climate Adaptation

Water/Cooler Moments in the Age of Extreme Heat

Karl Dickinson -
As heatwaves become more frequent, we grow reliant on cities taking measures to provide relief. From fountains to pools to games, there are plenty of ways water offers comfort from rising temperatures. There is...
Urban Farming

Improving Cities Through Technology: Aude Vuilliomenet

Metka Novak -
When it comes to transforming cities, most think of implementing green spaces, retrofitting buildings, pedestrianising streets. It makes sense, when the bigger, tangible improvements are easily perceived by the eye. But what about microcontrollers?...
Energy

How to Motivate the Transition to Community Energy

Karl Dickinson -
Community energy is an agent of decarbonisation. Transition in the sector is gaining momentum. How can we motivate people to get involved and maintain that trajectory? We asked Éva Goudouneix, Community Development Manager with...
Urban Farming

Livia Urban Swart Haaland – How to Beat Red Tape with a Vision | CityChangers in Conversation

Metka Novak -
Livia Urban Swart Haaland, Founder of ØsterGRO Rooftop Farm, Copenhagen, talks with us about urban farming, green roofs and beating bureaucracy.
Greenery & Biodiversity

Terras de Cascais: Connecting People and Nature Through Community Gardening

Metka Novak -
“Giving new life to natural spaces and promoting organic urban culture” is the motto of Terras de Cascais. It’s a project working towards bringing people together, reviving the connection with nature, and growing fresh,...
Water

Water & Data – the Modern Gold: Narjis Zehra

Metka Novak -
Narjis Zehra is a go-getter, a visionary, a people person, and definitely a Young Leader to keep an eye on. Despite being only 23 years old, coming from a place where people are fighting...
Energy

Notable City London: The Transition to Community Energy

Karl Dickinson -
Widescale social housing retrofit projects led by local authorities are not uncommon. Yet many energy refits still tend to focus on changes at the microscale – in single buildings. Does it have to be...
Retrofitting

How to Make Water Use More Efficient

Karl Dickinson -
Showering, cleaning, drinking, flushing, and washing clothes all use water. A lot of water! As the climate changes and populations increase, supply is struggling to keep up with demand. Making our city’s buildings more...
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