Nexus methodology
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…
Research Article // Integrating fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies into the water, energy & food nexus for sustainable security: A bibliometric analysis
By Love O. David and colleagues. This study conducted a comprehensive literature review on the relationship between 4IR and WEF nexus, examining the…
Research Article // Synergetic management of water-energy-food nexus system and GHG emissions under multiple uncertainties: An inexact fractional fuzzy chance constraint programming method
By Ye Xu and colleagues. In this study, an inexact fractional fuzzy chance constraint programming (IFFCCP) method has been developed to provide…
Research Article // Resource Nexus Perspectives in the Blue Economy of India - The case of sand mining in Kerala
By Matovu Baker and colleagues. This report is a result of a desktop review to document the impacts of sand mining on the Blue Economy resources. It…
Nexus Regional Dialogues Programme // The 7th Meeting of the UNECE Task Force on the WEFE Nexus
Promotion of the Nexus Resources Platform as a global knowledge hub for the WEF Nexus community and operationalisation of Nexus Guidelines in the…
Research Article // Farm-scale water-energy-food-waste nexus analysis for a closed-loop dairy system
By Jordan D. Muell and colleagues. Largely due to manure management, intensive livestock production is known to negatively impact air, water, and…
Research Article // Sustainable WEF Nexus Management: A Conceptual Framework to Integrate Models of Social, Economic, Policy, and Institutional Developments
By Ebun Akinsete and colleagues. With the inefficient management of natural resources recognized as the biggest obstacle to achieving sustainable WEF…
Research Article // Water- food- energy- ecosystem nexus model development: Resource scarcity and regional development
By Masoumeh Bararzadeh Ledari, Yadollah Saboohi and Sara Azamian. The aim is to develop a practical method for analyzing the symbiosis of living…
Research Article // Operationalizing water-energy-food nexus research for sustainable development in social-ecological systems: an interdisciplinary learning case in Central Asia
By A. Hamidov and colleagues. The water-energy-food nexus concept was operationalized for five case studies in Central Asia during a one-week…
Call for Papers // South Asia Water Competition (SAWAC) 2022
This call for papers aims at mobilising and challenging young minds to think about water problems and solutions from national and regional…
Research Article // Assessing the Nexus on Local Perspective: A Quali-Quantitative Framework for Water-Energy-Food Security Evaluation in Neglected Territories
By Rita de Cássia Santos de Souza, Ana Paula Dias Turetta, Michelle Bonatti & Stefan Sieber. This study presents a case study about a typical…
Research Article // Quantifying the Sustainability of Water Availability for the Water-Food-Energy-Ecosystem Nexus in the Niger River Basin
By Jie Yang and colleagues. Meeting the growing demands for fresh water, food, and energy while maintaining the sustainability of eco-systems is a…
The Nexus Concept Integrating Energy and Resource Efficiency for Policy Assessments // A Comparative Approach from Three Case
By Floor Brouwer, Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, Eva Alexandri, Ingrida Bremere, Matthew Griffey, Vincent Linderhof. As the world increasingly runs up…
Publication // Environmental sustainability in the food-energy-water-health nexus: A new methodology and an application to food waste in a circular economy
Current studies on the food-energy-water nexus do not capture effects on human health. This study by Peter C. Slorach, Harish K. Jeswani, Rosa…
Research Article // Identifying leverage points for shifting Water‑Energy‑Food nexus cases towards sustainability through the Networks of Action Situations approach combined with systems thinking
By Kellner Elke. This paper contributes to filling this gap of the root causes of effective coordination by conceptualizing a WEF nexus case in…