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the role of individual knowledge, attitudes, and practices from one of the case
studies discussed in the chapter (see Sect. 18.5) or provide an example from
your own experience.
6. In the USA, which driver of the food–energy–water nexus (private sector, public sector, civil society, or individual knowledge, attitudes, and practices) do
you think plays the largest role in cities, and why? If you had to focus on just
two of these drivers, which two would you choose in order to have the greatest
positive impact on FEW sustainability? Explain your reasoning.
7. If you were tasked with creating an Urban FEW Nexus Management Plan for
your city, discuss how you would address each of the drivers discussed in the
chapter, and describe a strategy of sustainable FEW management that could
apply to each.
8. Refer to Exercises 2.2–2.9. Consider the urban FEW nexus as a complex system.
Describe:
(a) the boundaries of the system;
(b) the main components;
(c) the structural arrangement of the components;
(d) the most significant functional interactions between components;
(e) external factors and their interactions with the system;
(f) the most significant (distributed) controls on the system including human
actions;
(g) issues that might alter the stability of the system; and
(h) an emergent property of the system.
9. Diagram your answer to Exercise 18.8.
10. Which framing of the FEW nexus in the literature (Sect. 1.4) most closely
resembles your diagram of the urban FEW nexus from your answer to
Exercise 18.9? Which of the framings do you believe is most applicable to
cities, and why?
11. How might international law (Chap. 6) better ensure that food, energy, and
water resources are managed more sustainably in cities globally? Which international governing body do you think is most fit to consider the FEW nexus,
and why? You may also choose more than one.
12. How might domestic US law (Chap. 8) better ensure that food, energy, and
water resources are managed more sustainably in cities in the USA? Which
level of government (local, state, or federal) do you think has the greatest influence on FEW considerations in American cities, and why? Which local, state,
or federal agency or agencies do you think should be tasked with managing
resources at the urban FEW nexus? Explain your answer.
13. Refer to Sect. 9.1. Identify a provisioning, a regulating, a supporting, and a
cultural ecosystem service relevant to cities. In what ways can cities be designed
to optimize and capitalize upon urban ecosystem services at the food–energy–
water nexus? Provide an example.
14. Go play the SymbioCity game at http://www.btslearning.com/app/eBS/symbiocity/index.asp. How does this sustainable city simulation game address the
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the role of individual knowledge, attitudes, and practices from one of the case
studies discussed in the chapter (see Sect. 18.5) or provide an example from
your own experience.
6. In the USA, which driver of the food–energy–water nexus (private sector, public sector, civil society, or individual knowledge, attitudes, and practices) do
you think plays the largest role in cities, and why? If you had to focus on just
two of these drivers, which two would you choose in order to have the greatest
positive impact on FEW sustainability? Explain your reasoning.
7. If you were tasked with creating an Urban FEW Nexus Management Plan for
your city, discuss how you would address each of the drivers discussed in the
chapter, and describe a strategy of sustainable FEW management that could
apply to each.
8. Refer to Exercises 2.2–2.9. Consider the urban FEW nexus as a complex system.
Describe:
(a) the boundaries of the system;
(b) the main components;
(c) the structural arrangement of the components;
(d) the most significant functional interactions between components;
(e) external factors and their interactions with the system;
(f) the most significant (distributed) controls on the system including human
actions;
(g) issues that might alter the stability of the system; and
(h) an emergent property of the system.
9. Diagram your answer to Exercise 18.8.
10. Which framing of the FEW nexus in the literature (Sect. 1.4) most closely
resembles your diagram of the urban FEW nexus from your answer to
Exercise 18.9? Which of the framings do you believe is most applicable to
cities, and why?
11. How might international law (Chap. 6) better ensure that food, energy, and
water resources are managed more sustainably in cities globally? Which international governing body do you think is most fit to consider the FEW nexus,
and why? You may also choose more than one.
12. How might domestic US law (Chap. 8) better ensure that food, energy, and
water resources are managed more sustainably in cities in the USA? Which
level of government (local, state, or federal) do you think has the greatest influence on FEW considerations in American cities, and why? Which local, state,
or federal agency or agencies do you think should be tasked with managing
resources at the urban FEW nexus? Explain your answer.
13. Refer to Sect. 9.1. Identify a provisioning, a regulating, a supporting, and a
cultural ecosystem service relevant to cities. In what ways can cities be designed
to optimize and capitalize upon urban ecosystem services at the food–energy–
water nexus? Provide an example.
14. Go play the SymbioCity game at http://www.btslearning.com/app/eBS/symbiocity/index.asp. How does this sustainable city simulation game address the
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