Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus

Fabiano de Araújo Moreira; Michele Dalla Fontana; Patrícia Marra Sepe; Mathews Vichr Lopes; Lucas do Vale Moura; Larissa Santos Medeiros; Joop de Kraker; Tadeu Fabrício Malheiros; Gabriela Marques Di Giulio

doi:10.1007/s11625-022-01141-y

Co-creating sustainability indicators for the local water–energy–food nexus

Fabiano de Araújo Moreira^*, Michele Dalla Fontana, Patrícia Marra Sepe, Mathews Vichr Lopes, Lucas do Vale Moura, Larissa Santos Medeiros, Joop de Kraker, Tadeu Fabrício Malheiros, Gabriela Marques Di Giulio

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2315-2329
Number of pages	15
Journal	Sustainability Science
Volume	17
Issue number	6
Early online date	26 Apr 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01141-y
Publication status	Published - Nov 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Sustainability indicators
Transdisciplinarity
Usability
Water–energy–food nexus

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