Groundwater in the Water-Energy-Food nexus governance in outer peri-urban settlements

Abstract

The water-energy-food (W.E.F.) nexus is a challenging sustainability issue in peri-urban areas due to their inherent institutional drivers and corresponding practices. A multilevel and multisector participatory framework is suggested to drive the structuration change and sociotechnical regime formalization linking regulators, suppliers, and consumers. Based on a casestudy on informal peri-urban settlements in Mozambique, issues and potential entry-points are identified to consider when promoting local institutional innovations. The local private water suppliers’ association is suggested as the entry-point, as they are semi-structured and equidistant between the users and the science and technology creators.