Modelling the Water-Energy-Food-Land Use-Climate Nexus: The Nexus Tree Approach

Proceedings

Mellios, Nikolaos K.¹  Laspidou, Chrysi S.²  Kofinas, Dimitrios T.³  Witmer, Maria⁴ 

[1] Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, 38334 Volos, Greece;Department of Water, Agriculture and Food, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2594 AV The Hague, The Netherlands;Presented at the 3rd EWaS International Conference on “Insights on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus”, Lefkada Island, Greece, 27–30 June 2018.

关键词: nexus;    sustainability;    resource efficiency;    complex systems;   

DOI  :  10.3390/proceedings2110617

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has established the Water-Energy-Food Nexus, implying that the three commodities are inextricably linked forming a complex system of interrelations. Perceiving water, energy and food as a system variable with dependencies rather than a singularity suggests an approach of a more holistic view that can offer a sustainable plan for managing resources. In this article, the already established three-way Nexus is expanded to include two more dimensions, namely land use and climate and a framework for modelling the interlinkages among these dimensions is presented.

【 授权许可】

CC BY