Overview
- Provides a conceptual framework for discussing the nexus approach to environmental governance
- Discusses key science-policy challenges relating to the nexus approach
- Uses selected case studies to explore use of the nexus approach in integrated management of water, soil and waste resources
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Global Change and the Nexus Approach to Management of Environmental Resources
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Financing of Infrastructure Projects: Implications for Sustainability and Accountability
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Strategies for Implementation: Guidance on Resource Reuse and Data Visualization
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Mathew Kurian is Academic Officer and leads the Capacity Development and Governance unit at United Nations University Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES). Prior to joining UNU-FLORES, he served as Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist at Water and Sanitation Programme (WSP) of The World Bank where he led policy advocacy efforts related to rural water supply, wastewater reuse, and climate adaptation options in secondary towns. He began his career as a Robert McNamara Fellow at the World Bank where his work on land tenure reform was hosted by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), New Delhi.
Upon completing his PhD in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University, The Hague, Netherlands, Dr. Kurian was employed as Associate Expert (Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) at International Water Management Institute (IWMI-CGIAR) where he undertook assessments of soil and water conservation interventions in the Mekong and Nile river basins. In 2009 as member of faculty at UNESCO-IHE, Delft, Dr. Kurian led the development of a policy note on urban sanitation and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for the Directorate General of International Cooperation (DGIS) in the Netherlands. While still at UNESCO-IHE, Dr. Kurian developed an online e-learning course on governance of water and sanitation services in developing countries.
He has published in the area of water institutions and policy and has mentored students of the MSc programme in environment and development planning while on the faculty of University College London (UCL). His experience in the field of capacity development includes training civil servants and managers of water utilities in Iran andTanzania, consulting assignments with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Philippines and teaching undergraduate courses in human geography at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Vancouver, Canada. In his current function, he leads the design of public policy research, policy advocacy in support of evidence-based decision making and fund raising to support establishment of a nexus observatory network.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governing the Nexus
Book Subtitle: Water, Soil and Waste Resources Considering Global Change
Editors: Mathew Kurian, Reza Ardakanian
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05747-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05746-0Published: 17 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35966-3Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05747-7Published: 08 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 230
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Environment, general, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Agriculture, Complex Systems