Strategies for integrated governance of the water-energy-food nexus in Bonaire

Strategies for integrated governance of the water-energy-food nexus in Bonaire

Oliemans, Jelle (TU Delft Technology, Policy and Management)

Quist, Jaco (mentor)
Kunneke, Rolf (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Complex Systems Engineering and Management (CoSEM)

2019-12-03

The island of Bonaire is planning multiple sustainable transitions in the water,
energy and food systems in response to numerous challenges, such as increas-
ing population pressure, rising sea levels, environmental damage, high consumer
prices and import dependency. The water-energy-food nexus is a relatively novel
concept that takes an integrated approach to resource security and sustainabil-
ity. This paper applies systems theory and transition management theory to
a water-energy-food nexus approach in Bonaire and proposes three pathways
to reach an integrated sustainable transition in Bonaire's water, energy and
food systems. It shows that this approach can provide valuable insights for the
integrated governance of the water, energy and food systems.

WEF-Nexus
Transitions
Governance
Pathways
Systems analysis
Bonaire
Water
Energy
Food

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Student theses

master thesis

© 2019 Jelle Oliemans