Quantification of the food-water-energy nexus in urban green and blue infrastructure: A synthesis of the literature

Meng, F; Yuan, Q; Bellezoni, RA; de Oliveira, JAP; Cristiano, S; Shah, AM; Liu, G; Yang, Z; Seto, KC

Quantification of the food-water-energy nexus in urban green and blue infrastructure: A synthesis of the literature

Meng, F Yuan, Q Bellezoni, RA de Oliveira, JAP Cristiano, S Shah, AM Liu, G Yang, Z Seto, KC

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Citation:: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023, 188, pp. 106658
Issue Date:: 2023-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Meng, F
dc.contributor.author	Yuan, Q
dc.contributor.author	Bellezoni, RA
dc.contributor.author	de Oliveira, JAP
dc.contributor.author	Cristiano, S
dc.contributor.author	Shah, AM
dc.contributor.author	Liu, G
dc.contributor.author	Yang, Z
dc.contributor.author	Seto, KC
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-15T05:39:34Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-15T05:39:34Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2023, 188, pp. 106658
dc.identifier.issn	0921-3449
dc.identifier.issn	1879-0658
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/174472
dc.description.abstract	Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is an innovative strategy to tackle food-water-energy (FWE) nexus issues. GBI can provide the benefits of food production, energy saving and generation, waterlogging control, rainwater cleansing and harvesting. Significant efforts have been devoted to measuring the implications of GBI on FWE nexus. However, there is little research to simulate the multiple linkages between GBI and FWE nexus in urban areas, and the lack of a unified methodology framework also easily leads to an understanding bias of their connections and makes it challenging to compare the results. Focusing on the prior published literature, this study clarifies the interactions between GBI and FWE nexus and reviews the methods to quantify the implications of GBI on FWE nexus in cities, including FWE-related benefits, life cycle environmental impacts, and avoided upstream environmental footprints induced by FWE-related benefits. It is revealed that most studies focus on the FWE-related benefits or (and) life cycle environmental impacts of GBI from a silo perspective. Researchers pay little attention to the avoided trans-boundary environmental footprints by GBI, and carbon footprint is the greatest concern in the existing research. There is little evidence on comprehensive quantifications regarding multiple impacts of GBI on FWE nexus at the urban scale. The review outlines methods to simulate the linkages between GBI and FWE nexus and calls for a holistic methodological framework to apply at the urban scale. Such assessment practices would make sense for FWE-oriented resilience planning and governance for urban GBI implementation.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Resources, Conservation and Recycling
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106658
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dc.subject	05 Environmental Sciences, 09 Engineering, 12 Built Environment and Design
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.subject.classification	33 Built environment and design
dc.subject.classification	40 Engineering
dc.subject.classification	41 Environmental sciences
dc.title	Quantification of the food-water-energy nexus in urban green and blue infrastructure: A synthesis of the literature
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Information, Systems and Modelling
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Abstract:

Green and blue infrastructure (GBI) is an innovative strategy to tackle food-water-energy (FWE) nexus issues. GBI can provide the benefits of food production, energy saving and generation, waterlogging control, rainwater cleansing and harvesting. Significant efforts have been devoted to measuring the implications of GBI on FWE nexus. However, there is little research to simulate the multiple linkages between GBI and FWE nexus in urban areas, and the lack of a unified methodology framework also easily leads to an understanding bias of their connections and makes it challenging to compare the results. Focusing on the prior published literature, this study clarifies the interactions between GBI and FWE nexus and reviews the methods to quantify the implications of GBI on FWE nexus in cities, including FWE-related benefits, life cycle environmental impacts, and avoided upstream environmental footprints induced by FWE-related benefits. It is revealed that most studies focus on the FWE-related benefits or (and) life cycle environmental impacts of GBI from a silo perspective. Researchers pay little attention to the avoided trans-boundary environmental footprints by GBI, and carbon footprint is the greatest concern in the existing research. There is little evidence on comprehensive quantifications regarding multiple impacts of GBI on FWE nexus at the urban scale. The review outlines methods to simulate the linkages between GBI and FWE nexus and calls for a holistic methodological framework to apply at the urban scale. Such assessment practices would make sense for FWE-oriented resilience planning and governance for urban GBI implementation.

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