ABSTRACT
Nexus and integrated management are on-going, unresolved problems of complex development and its governance. Its cross-sector connections and cross-border impacts pose a major challenge to policymakers. Some scholars have argued that the main problem is not the scarcity of a resource or the lack of solutions, but the lack of political will to implement integrated long-term measures for managing resources and risks sustainably (Beisheim 2013: 2). For others, the nexus literature does not clearly explain why the barriers to achieve coherence are present, what influences them, and how they can be acted upon. In particular, it falls short on providing insights on (i) conditions for cross-sector coordination and collaboration; (ii) dynamics that influence the nexus beyond cross-sector interactions; and (iii) political and cognitive factors as determinants of policy change (Weitz et al 2017: 165).
