Decision-making tools for sustainable planning and conceptual framework for the energy–water–food nexus

Rosales-Asensio, Enrique; Puente-Gil, Álvaro de la; García-Moya, Francisco-José; Blanes‐Peiró, Jorge Juan; Simón-Martín, Miguel de

doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2020.08.020

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“…It is also to highlight the integrated Sustainable Development Goals Planning Model (iSDG Planning Model) consisting of a tool for evaluating trends towards achieving SDGs according to defined scenarios [34]. Only by focusing on quantitative data, Rosales et al [35] built a sustainability index for quantitative analysis of water consumption, and CO 2 evaluation of different energy electricity generation programs. Among the quantitative-qualitative approach is to highlight the European project: "Moving Towards Adaptive Governance".…”

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Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review

2022

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In order to eradicate water–energy–food poverty, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) proposed milestones to overcome the feeding problem. The development of water–energy–food (WEF) nexus management tools, and approaches has increased during last years. The aim of this research is to review WEF nexus management methods, tools, and examples to identify gaps, goals, or future development that arise when modelling goods management issues for designing a sustainable development framework. It is also presented the food–biofuel competition for resources problem focusing in threatened systems. In addition to the resource trade-off quantification issue, it proposed an analysis for WEF systems management from economic, environmental, and practical points of view with the aim of identifying results, challenges, gaps, or assumptions for nexus. The renewable energy highlights as an enabler for sustainable development.

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Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review

2022

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“…[27] The WEF Nexus convenience has been controversial [28,29]. However, all authors agree on its usefulness as an approach for decision-making, policy creation, and integration of resources management [26,30]. Several government organizations have declared the need for establishing measures that can lead to SDG compliance and guarantee the necessary resources for the present and future generations.…”

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Water–Food Nexus Assessment in Agriculture: A Systematic Review

Corona-López

Román‐Gutiérrez

Otazo-Sánchez

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The Water–Food Nexus (WF) has been proposed to reach equitable, balanced, and sustainable access to water and food resources in the face of the growing population demand. Therefore, developing models to assess them has become more relevant. This work systematically reviews the literature on the tools used to evaluate water and food resources between 2002 and 2020. Furthermore, it reports a critical analysis of the software used to assess the WF Nexus quantitatively. The models analyzed were Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Common Agricultural Policy Regional Impact (CAPRI), Global Food and Water System (GFWS), Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), Water Evaluation And Planning system (WEAP), and Soil Water Atmosphere Plant (SWAP). We deduced that the following are necessary in evaluating the WF Nexus: (1) the capacity to generate future scenarios, (2) a global application, and (3) the application in case studies. The present paper is the first review to provide an overview of the software applied to evaluate WF Nexus, including the advantages and disadvantages of the tools found. They can help build sustainability criteria when designing policies that reduce water and food security risks and promote efficient water and food use.

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“…According to Rosales-Asensio et al (2020), access and integration of databases represent a major challenge for the management of natural resources. The compilation of standardized data can help to deal with problems related to consistency, comparability and scale, in addition to the lack of information from certain sectors (Rosales-Asensio et al, 2020).…”

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Decision support system for selecting sectoral data-bases in studies of the water–energy–agricultural–environmental nexus

Torres

Silva

Fontes

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Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient. (Online)

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Obtaining databases to develop multidisciplinary studies in complex intersectoral network systems presents great challenges. Databases often lack compatibility or data standardization because they are organized differently by sector. Therefore, this article aims to propose a Decision Support System (DSS) to assist in the identification, analysis, and selection of sectoral databases to support the development of quantitative studies. The concept of the “Nexus of water, energy, agriculture, and the environment" is used to illustrate the development of the DSS. To this end, a conceptual structure defined in six stages was presented: institutional analysis, definition of alternatives, definition of criteria, analysis of databases, classification matrix, and organization and selection of alternatives. Validation of the proposed DSS was carried out using national-scale databases for the Brazilian context. From the application of DSS in the databases surveyed, it appears that: Brazil does not have interconnected databases, nor does it share databases between sectors; the information is dispersed across a large number of institutions, and includes a multiplicity of spatial and temporal scales, hindering their integration; the adoption of macro-scales, both spatially and temporally, facilitates the integration of the collected information, and the country’s sectoral organizational structures tend to hamper the development of systems integrated into complex networks. The proposed DSS allows a better understanding and visualization of possible simplifications and limitations inherent in integrated studies of quantitative scope, minimizes uncertainties, and directs systemic planning and management strategies.

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Decision-making tools for sustainable planning and conceptual framework for the energy–water–food nexus

Cited by 23 publications

References 24 publications

Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review

Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review

Water–Food Nexus Assessment in Agriculture: A Systematic Review

Decision support system for selecting sectoral data-bases in studies of the water–energy–agricultural–environmental nexus

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