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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Water, energy, and food are highly interconnected components of a system. These components are highly affected by urbanization, climate change, population growth, and various crises and affect the future/sustainability of cities and urban systems. This necessitates the sustainable use, integration, and management of these components. In recent periods, when the increase in the number of people who cannot access sufficient food and the food crisis have been on the agenda, it has been important to reveal the interrelationship of these components with each other in policies or practices for food systems. Because these components can have many effects on each other, the decision made for one component may risk the sustainability of the other components. The WEF Nexus approach is also a concept that aims to explain the integration and relationality of these components of a system.This study aims to evaluate policies and strategies related to food systems in the context of the WEF Nexus approach. For this purpose, Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir, the three largest cities in Türkiye, were chosen as the cities to be evaluated. The documents created by the local governments in these cities were examined with the systematic review method for this study. Aims/strategies, targets/actions related to WEF components that are effective in food systems and processes are defined in these documents.This review and analysis are important in terms of inferring the extent to which inter-component interrelatedness and integration are achieved in plans of various scales and policies related to food systems in Türkiye's three big cities. The research reveals that there are sectoral divergences and integration problems among WEF components associated with food systems and processes. Considering the need to address these components with a holistic approach to “sustainability”, it is inevitable that theresearch results emphasize the need for policymakers to adopt an integrated governance approach to ensuring the sustainability of food systems.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p> |
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