Modelling and Assessment
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…
Nexus Modelling // Involving the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Integrating Low-Income and Isolated Communities
By Brenda Cansino-Loeza and José María Ponce-Ortega. This work presents a general mathematical programming model for satisfying water, energy, and…
Video // Recording of the Webinar: Modeling the Water-Energy-Food Nexus; bridging Science and Policy Making
Watch the recorded webinar on 'Modeling the Water-Energy-Food Nexus | bridging Science and Policy' Making with guest speaker Dr. Ali Karnib,…
Modelling // Describing and Visualizing a Water-Energy-Food Nexus System
By Aiko Endo, Terukazu Kumazawa, Michinori Kimura, Makoto Yamada, Takaaki Kato and Kouji Kozaki. The objective of this study is to describe a target…
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 // A Bibliometric Analysis of Food–Energy–Water Nexus: Progress and Prospects
By Jing Zhu, Shenghong Kang, Wenwu Zhao, Qiujie Li, Xinyuan Xie and Xiangping Hu. This study uses co-citation analysis and aims to map the knowledge…
Assessment // The Transboundary Basin Nexus Assessment (TBNA) Methodology
Interview with the authors of the UNECE Synthesis Report on the TBNA Methodology Mario Roidt and Lucia de Strasser. What are insights and lessons…
Publication // Investigation and Assessment of the Management of Natural Resources in the State of California Using the Conceptual Framework of Water–Energy–Food Nexus
By Georgia Manou, Georgios Bariamis, Evangelos Baltas. This article identifies the interlinkages of water, energy and food in California and stresses…
Bridging Science and Policy in Water-Energy-Food Nexus // Using the Q-Nexus Model for Informing Policy Making
By Ali Karnib. Water, energy and food (WEF) systems are highly interconnected and they directly and indirectly affect one another. Science based…
Publication // The nexus of water-energy-food in China's tourism industry
The tourism industry contributes significantly to the growth of the global economy and is considered to be strongly associated with a large amounts…