Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Multi-Actor Governance for Social Justice (Household survey)

The data was collected and formed part of a project called Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Multi-Actor Governance for Social Justice which is co-funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) in the Netherlands and the National Research Foundation (NRF) in South Africa. The objective of the project was to highlight how social justice is enhanced by conditions of WEF nexus governance. This was achieved through a transdisciplinary approach to how a conceptual “WEF community” can be an agent of change through empowerment in WEF nexus governance by providing legal instruments that can be used and encouraging decision-making synergies from household to national levels. This was envisioned by deciphering how WEF resources and decision-making are produced, used, and distributed, their linkages, and the representation of marginal groups across scales. The opportunities and challenges of incorporating WEF community initiatives in South Africa’s legal framework were also evaluated by comparing them to the EU legislation to increase legal certainty and social justice

The data set referred herein concerns part of the project which collected quantitative data through a questionnaire of 1184 household in South Africa. The household were purposively selected from Matatiele, Magareng and Greater Taung Local Municipalities.

本数据集源自名为"水-能源-粮食纽带关系（Water-Energy-Food Nexus）：面向社会正义的多主体治理"的合作项目，该项目由荷兰研究理事会（NWO）与南非国家研究基金会（NRF）联合资助。本项目旨在阐明水-能源-粮食纽带关系治理情境如何提升社会正义水平：通过跨学科研究路径，探究概念性"水-能源-粮食共同体"如何通过赋权参与水-能源-粮食纽带关系治理，即通过提供可落地的法律工具、推动从家庭到国家层级的决策协同，成为变革推动者。为此，本研究解析了水-能源-粮食资源与决策的产生、使用与分配机制、其间的关联，以及各尺度下边缘群体的代表性情况。此外，本研究还将南非水-能源-粮食共同体相关举措与欧盟立法进行对比，评估其纳入南非法律框架所面临的机遇与挑战，以提升法律确定性与社会正义水平。

本数据集取自上述项目的一部分研究内容：项目针对南非1184户家庭开展问卷调研以收集定量数据。调研对象通过立意抽样法从马塔蒂莱（Matatiele）、马加伦（Magareng）以及大陶恩（Greater Taung）地方自治市中选取。