Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265524 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems [ISSN:] 2300-3669 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] de Gruyter [Place:] Berlin [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 97-99
Publisher: 
de Gruyter, Berlin
Abstract: 
Many issues in the water, energy and agricultural sector are in fact crosscutting issues, which can only be solved by a nexus approach. A nexus approach means that management solutions account for synergies and tradeoffs between the sectors. Critical issues emerging across the three sectors ask for different policies at different governance levels. However, at each level of policy making the impact at local level should be an important point of reference. In line with this, the case of the Aral Sea Basin in Central Asia exemplifies how international energy politics affect local farmers’ access to irrigation water. Moreover, a comparative study of three states in India shows that local differences in the implementation of the nexus approach can lead to different outcomes in terms of groundwater and electricity use for agriculture. These two examples underline that to implement a nexus approach; the local perspective should not be overlooked, even when policies are designed at higher governance levels.
Subjects: 
water-energy-food nexus
scale
local perspective
Aral Sea Basin
groundwater management
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