Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Multi-Actor Governance for Social Justice (Ecochamp agency))

Published: 8 January 2024| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/pdd8vp93hj.1
Contributors:
Saul Ngarava,
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Description

The data was collected and formed part of a project called Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Multi-Actor Governance for Social Justice which is co-funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in the Netherlands and the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa. The objective of the project was to highlight how conditions of WEF nexus governance enhance social justice. This was achieved through a transdisciplinary approach to how a conceptual “WEF community” can be an agent of change through empowerment in WEF nexus governance by providing legal instruments that can be used and encouraging decision-making synergies from household to national levels. This was envisioned by deciphering how WEF resources and decision-making are produced, used, and distributed, their linkages, and the representation of marginal groups across scales. The opportunities and challenges of incorporating WEF community initiatives in South Africa’s legal framework were also evaluated by comparing them to the EU legislation to increase legal certainty and social justice The data set referred herein concerns part of the project which collected quantitative data through a questionnaire of 325 households in South Africa. The households were purposively selected from Matatiele Local Municipality. This was a follow-up survey of an initial survey of 1184 households (https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/56zskrvfwf/1). The data focussed on the agency played by youth called "Ecochamps" in environmental sustainability programs

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Institutions

Universiteit Utrecht Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development

Categories

Environmental Health Agency, Youth

Funding

Dutch Research Council

UID 129352

National Research Foundation

UID 129352

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