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Risk and Water Management Under Climate Change: Towards the Nexus City

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To address climate change-related risk more effectively, urgent action is needed by cities to curb their consumption of natural resources, particularly water. Operationalizing the Water–Energy–Food Nexus is a possible solution for both developed and developing economies, but requires a paradigm shift, with strong policy support by national and local governments, as well as in-depth study and testing through pilot projects.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by a Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant within the 7th European Community Framework Programme (PIRG06-GA-2009-256555), the German Research Foundation (DFG) (KE 1710/1-1), and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Germany.

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  1. Urban Water Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany

    Daphne Gondhalekar & Jörg E. Drewes

  2. Department of Water Management and Soil Protection, Bavarian State Ministry for Environment and Consumer Protection, Bavaria, Germany

    Martin Grambow

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  1. Institute for Earth System Preservation, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany

    Peter A. Wilderer

  2. Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam, Germany

    Ortwin Renn

  3. Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection, Munich, Germany

    Martin Grambow

  4. Klinik für Strahlentherapie, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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  5. Chair of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Gondhalekar, D., Drewes, J.E., Grambow, M. (2018). Risk and Water Management Under Climate Change: Towards the Nexus City. In: Wilderer, P., Renn, O., Grambow, M., Molls, M., Mainzer, K. (eds) Sustainable Risk Management. Strategies for Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66233-6_7

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