The From Nexus Thinking to Nexus Doing research project explores the use of an integrated planning framework, systems thinking, and interactive visualizations for enhancing land-use planning in ways that contribute to local sustainability and resilience. The research employs the climate-biodiversity-health (CBH) framework, which is used to guide scenario modelling and visualization activities to reveal co-benefits and trade-offs of local land-use decisions. The project uses a community-engaged approach, involving researchers working with local government, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders in the community of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to co-produce knowledge and tools for supporting integrated community sustainability planning. The research pursues two objectives:
- To improve understanding of how to move from 'nexus thinking' to 'nexus doing', that is, identifying ways that planners, policymakers, and decision-makers can apply nexus frameworks to practice
- To explore how the use of systems-based scenario models and visualization tools can be employed to support planning and implementation of integrated land-use strategies
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