A nexus perspective on competing land demands: Wider lessons from a UK policy case study

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dc.contributor.authorSharmina, Maria
dc.contributor.authorHoolohan, Claire
dc.contributor.authorBows-Larkin, Alice
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Paul J.
dc.contributor.authorColwill, James
dc.contributor.authorGilbert, Paul
dc.contributor.authorHoward, David
dc.contributor.authorKnox, Jerry W.
dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-04T15:12:15Z
dc.date.available2016-08-04T15:12:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-02-26
dc.description.abstractAs nations develop policies for low-carbon transitions, conflicts with existing policies and planning tools are leading to competing demands for land and other resources. This raises fundamental questions over how multiple demands can best be managed. Taking the UK as an empirical example, this paper critiques current policies and practices to explore the interdependencies at the water-energy-food nexus. It considers how current land uses and related policies affect the UK’s resilience to climate change, setting out an agenda for research and practice relevant to stakeholders in land-use management, policy and modelling. Despite recent progress in recognising such nexus challenges, most UK land-related policies and associated science continue to be compartmentalised by both scale and sector and seldom acknowledge nexus interconnections. On a temporal level, the absence of an over-arching strategy leaves inter-generational trade-offs poorly considered. Given the system lock-in and the lengthy policy-making process, it is essential to develop alternative ways of providing dynamic, flexible, practical and scientifically robust decision support for policy-makers. A range of ecosystem services need to be valued and integrated into a resilient land-use strategy, including the introduction of non-monetary, physical-unit constraints on the use of particular services.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMaria Sharmina, Claire Hoolohan, Alice Bows-Larkin, Paul J. Burgess, James Colwill, Paul Gilbert, David Howard, Jerry Knox, Kevin Anderson, A nexus perspective on competing land demands: Wider lessons from a UK policy case study, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 59, May 2016, pp74-84en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1462-9011
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.02.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/10226
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
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dc.subjectWater–energy–fooden_UK
dc.subjectNexusen_UK
dc.subjectLand use policyen_UK
dc.subjectResilienceen_UK
dc.subjectClimate changeen_UK
dc.subjectEcosystem servicesen_UK
dc.titleA nexus perspective on competing land demands: Wider lessons from a UK policy case studyen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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