Synergies and Trade-Offs in Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem Nexus
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 4555
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Interests: urban water systems; integrated water resource management; risk assessment of water infrastructure; hydroinformatics; hydrological modeling; climate change adaptation
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Dear Colleagues,
Water, food, energy and ecosystem sectors are facing challenges due to issues such as increasing population, climate change, socioeconomic development, limited water resources, etc. Therefore, establishing water, energy, and food security as well as ecosystem conservation is a remarkable concern for all stakeholders and managers. The water–energy–food–ecosystem security nexus is an approach to reduce tradeoffs, promote synergies, increase system efficiency, and find sustainable development solutions. Through the nexus and quantifying the interactions between sectors we can investigate the impacts of different driving forces (e.g., socioeconomic, climatic variables and water availability) on water, energy, food and ecosystem interactions, and can identify the trade-offs and synergies across the nexus under various decision-making strategies. Indeed, a nexus approach to managing resources could greatly enhance water, energy and food security as well as environmental conditions.
To move towards this goal, this Special Issue aims to publish high-quality studies from various related areas including, but not limited to, any of the following topics:
Water–energy–food–ecosystem nexus modelling; climate change and nexus; sustainable development and nexus; agriculture and water–energy–food security; qualitative approaches; global risks and food–water–energy–ecosystem security; methodologies for the assessment of interconnections between WEF nexus and ecosystem; application of AI and optimization in the nexus approach; governance and nexus; nexus-related uncertainties; links between nexus and socioeconomic issues; real case studies focusing on water, energy, food and ecosystem interactions.
Dr. Abbas Roozbahani
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water–energy–food-ecosystem nexus
- water management
- sustainable energy
- water and food security
- synergies
- trade-offs
- nexus modelling
- climate change
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