Modelling and Assessment
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…
Publication // A novel causal structure-based framework for comparing a basin-wide water–energy–food–ecology nexus applied to the data-limited Amu Darya and Syr Darya river basins
By Haiyang Shi, Geping Luo, Hongwei Zheng, Chunbo Chen, Olaf Hellwich, Jie Bai, Tie Liu, Shuang Liu, Jie Xue, Peng Cai, Huili He, Friday Uchenna…
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…
Vacancy // Postdoctoral Scholar working on water-food-energy nexus
Pennsylvania State University is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering…
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,…
Video // Webinar on Nexus Technical Solutions - Technical Solutions in the Mediterranean: Experience and Opportunities
Global Water Partnership–Mediterranean (GWP-Med), in partnership with the Secretariat of the Union of the Mediterranean (UfM) co-organised a Webinar…
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…
Publication // Integrating Stakeholder Views and System Dynamics to Assess the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Andalusia
In this paper, a participatory system dynamics model was developed to identify and assess the key interlinkages between water, food, and energy in…
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…
Nexus Blog // Penn State and UTADEO faculty partner to support rural development in Colombia
Faculty from Penn State and Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (UTADEO), in Bogotá, Colombia, are partnering on three research projects funded by the…
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…
Publication // Challenges and Opportunities in the Operationalization of the Water-Environment-Energy-Food (WE2F) Nexus: Case Study of the Upper Niger Basin and Inner Niger Delta, West Africa
By Ousmane Seidou, Fatoumata Maiga, Claudia Ringler, Spela Kalcic, Luca Ferrini. The authors identify the benefits of applying the nexus approach in…
Publication // On the water-energy-food nexus: Is there multivariate convergence?
By Carlo Andrea Bollino, Marzio Galeotti and Axel Pierru. This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per…