The contribution of water-energy-food nexus governance to sustainability: A case study of Singapore

IF 4.9 2区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Environmental Science & Policy Pub Date : 2024-07-27 DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103849
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The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has been promoted as an approach to integrated governance that can increase system sustainability. However, there have been limited empirical studies that demonstrate how WEF nexus governance leads towards sustainability. Therefore, the study investigates how collaborative governance of the WEF nexus connects to sustainability in Singapore, considered one of the most sustainable cities in the world. The objective is to understand the structure of WEF nexus governance in Singapore and explore how this structure contributes towards sustainability. This study uses a case study approach with qualitative text analysis on multiple data types to address this research objective. The results show two key findings. First, the findings show that WEF nexus governance in Singapore has a collaborative governance approach at the national level but is less integrated at lower levels of governance. Second, the results show that while governance integration, including WEF nexus connections, contributes to sustainability, there are also factors beyond WEF nexus governance that contribute towards sustainability in Singapore. The study concludes that WEF nexus governance provides an opportunity for improved sustainability within the system, but WEF nexus governance alone may not be sufficient for sustainability to be realized.

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水-能源-食品关系治理对可持续性的贡献:新加坡案例研究
水-能源-粮食(WEF)关系一直被作为一种能够提高系统可持续性的综合治理方法加以推广。然而,能证明水-能源-食品关系治理如何实现可持续性的实证研究却很有限。因此,本研究调查了被认为是世界上最可持续发展城市之一的新加坡如何将世界环境基金关系的合作治理与可持续性联系起来。研究的目的是了解新加坡的世界环境基金纽带治理结构,并探讨这一结构如何促进可持续性。本研究采用案例研究法,对多种数据类型进行定性文本分析,以实现这一研究目标。研究结果显示了两个重要发现。首先,研究结果表明,新加坡的世界环境基金纽带治理在国家层面上采用了协作治理的方法,但在较低的治理层面上整合程度较低。其次,研究结果表明,虽然治理整合(包括世界经济论坛纽带联系)有助于可持续发展,但世界经济论坛纽带治理以外的因素也有助于新加坡的可持续发展。研究得出结论,世界环境基金纽带治理为改善系统内的可持续性提供了机会,但仅靠世界环境基金纽带治理可能不足以实现可持续性。
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Environmental Science & Policy
Environmental Science & Policy 环境科学-环境科学
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10.90
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332
审稿时长
68 days
期刊介绍: Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.
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