title: The urban harvest approach as framework and planning tool for improved water and resource cycles.
abstract: Water and resource availability in sufficient quantity and quality for anthropogenic needs represents one of the main challenges in the coming decades. To prepare for upcoming challenges such as increased urbanization and climate change related consequences, innovative and improved resource management concepts are indispensable. In recent years we have developed and applied the urban harvest approach (UHA). The UHA aims to model and quantify the urban water cycle on different temporal and spatial scales. This approach allowed us to quantify the impact of the implementation of water saving measures and new water treatment concepts in cities. In this paper we will introduce the UHA and its application for urban water cycles. Furthermore, we will show first results for an extension to energy cycles and highlight future research items (e.g. nutrients, water-energy-nexus).
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: ingo.leusbrock@wur.nl.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leusbrock
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: ingo.leusbrock@wur.nl.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Nanninga
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: ingo.leusbrock@wur.nl.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lieberg
authors.affiliation: KWR-Watercycle Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Agudelo-Vera
authors.affiliation: Biomass Refinery and Process Dynamics Group, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Keesman
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: ingo.leusbrock@wur.nl.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeeman
authors.affiliation: Sub-Department of Environmental Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands E-mail: ingo.leusbrock@wur.nl.
authors.forename: H H M
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Rijnaarts
mesh_terms: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D002947:Cities; D057231:Climate Change; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D014867:Water; D018508:Water Purification; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D000814:Aniline Compounds; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; C430918:SEA 0400; D014867:Water