Modelling and Assessment
Water Convention // Synthesis Document on Assesssing the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystems Nexus in Transboundary Basins
This synthesis report by the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) has…
Nexus Assessment // When Defining Boundaries for Nexus Analysis, Let the Data Speak
By Oliver Taherzadeh, Mike Bithell, Keith Richards. Within this study, the authors describe how the partiality of the FEW-nexus overlooks major…
Tools // New Version of the Nexus Tools Platform 2.0
The Nexus Tools Platform aims at facilitating the application of a cross-sectoral Nexus Approach to environmental resources management. This requires…
Modelling // Quantifying and Mapping of Water-related Ecosystem Services for Enhancing the Security of the Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Tropical Data–sparse Catchment
By Mesfin Sahle, Osamu Saito, Christine Fürst and Kumelachew Yeshitela. The food-water-energy nexus concept helps to produce an integrative solutions…
Publication // Decision-making and integrated assessment models of the water-energy-food nexus
By James Rising. Studying trade-offs in the long-term development of water-energy-food systems requires a new family of hydroeconomic optimization…
Modelling // Modeling the Nexus across Water Supply, Power Generation and Environment Systems using the System Dynamics Approach: Hehuang Region, China
This paper aims to model the WPE nexus in the China’s Hehuang Region by using the system dynamics approach. Six nonlinear ordinary differential…
Publication // Systems thinking on the resource nexus: Modeling and visualisation tools to identify critical interlinkages for resilient and sustainable societies and institutions
By Laspidou, C. S., Mellios, N. K., Spyropoulou, A. E., Kofinas, D. T., & Papadopoulou, M. P. (2020). This paper shows up the development of a…
Publication // Dynamics of water–energy–food nexus methodology, methods, and tools
By Endo, A., Yamada, M., Miyashita, Y., Sugimoto, R., Ishii, A., Nishijima, J., . . . Qi, J. (2020). This review identifies the existing…
Modelling Tool // An Alternative to Market-Oriented Energy Models: Nexus Patterns across hierarchical Levels
By Louisa Jane Di Felice, Maddalena Ripa and Mario Giampietro. Energy is entangled with nexus elements, including water, land, emissions and labour.…
Publication // Integrated modelling of the impacts of hydropower projects on the water-food-energy nexus in a transboundary Himalayan river basin
By Amjath-Babu, T. S., Sharma, B., Brouwer, R., Rasul, G., Wahid, S. M., Neupane, N., ... & Sieber, S. (2019). This paper looks at hydropower…
Assessment // Rapid Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus in Six Selected Basins of North Africa and West Asia undergoing Transitions and Scarcity Threats
By Caroline King and Hadi Jaafar. Existing strategies for management of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa negotiate a complex system…
Publication // An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study
By Luxon Nhamo, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Chris Dickens, Charles Nhemachena, Aidan Senzanje, Dhesigen Naidoo, Stanley Liphadzi,…
Nexus Modelling // Towards Ranking the Water–Energy–Food–Land Use–Climate Nexus Interlinkages for Building a Nexus Conceptual Model with a Heuristic Algorithm
By Chrysi S. Laspidou, Nikolaos Mellios and Dimitris Kofinas. In this article, a practical heuristic approach for gaining a systemic and contextual…
MAXUS // Synergizing water, food and energy policy
By Rogier E. A. Burger. In this study an optimization model framework is proposed, titled ‘MAXUS’, specifically designed to address the shortfalls of…
Publication // Sustainability Indicators and Indices for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for Performance Assessment: WEF Nexus in Practice – South Africa Case Study
By Nhamo, L., Mabhaudhi, T., Mpandeli, S., Nhemachena, C., Senzanje, A., Naidoo, D., Liphadzi, S. & Modi, A. T. (2019). This paper develops a…