Sub-national water–food–labour nexus in Colombia

Distefano, Tiziano; Isaza, Adrián Saldarriaga; Muñoz, Estefanía; Builes, Tatiana

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130138

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“…Moreover, there are studies that go beyond the three water-energy-food nexus components and include land, policy, governance, labor, and innovation as influencing factors within the nexus (Lazaro et al, 2021a), as well as water-foodlabor nexus (Distefano et al, 2022) and waste-WEF nexus (Abdel-Aal et al, 2020;Falconer et al, 2020;Udugama et al, 2020). Nevertheless, studies on different arrangements among other intertwined sectors also maintain similarities in terms of searching for synergies and mitigating trade-offs, which contribute to nexus thinking.…”

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Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

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This study explores how the concept and research on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus has evolved over time. The research uncovers the key terms underpinning the phenomenon, maps the interlinkages between WEF nexus topics, and provides an overview of the evolution of the concept of WEF nexus. We analyzed published academic literature from the Scopus database and performed both qualitative and quantitative analyses using Natural Language Processing method. The findings suggest that the nexus approach is increasingly evolving into an integrative concept, and has been incorporating new topics over time, resulting in different methods for WEF nexus research, with a focus on interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral analyses. Through the five periods outlined, we have identified the nexus approach debate focused on the following predominant topics: i) Trend 1 (2012–2016) debates on WEF nexus for water management and natural resource security, ii) Trend 2 (2017–2018) linkages between the nexus, the sustainable development goals and green economy, iii) Trend 3 (2019) WEF nexus governance and policy integration, iv) Trend 4 (2020) application of the nexus concept on different scales, including regions, countries, watersheds, urban areas as well as other components coupled to the WEF nexus, and, v) Trend 5 (2021) climate change and urban nexus challenges.

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Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

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“…Further variants include the food‐water‐energy‐biodiversity (FWEB) nexus which strengthens the link between biodiversity and food production (Subedi et al., 2020); the water‐energy‐food‐ecosystem (WEFE) nexus which highlights the centrality of healthy ecosystems (Carmona‐Moreno et al., 2019); and the food‐energy‐water‐health (FEWH) nexus which stresses the relationship between resource use and human health and wellbeing through a circular economy lens (Slorach et al., 2020). The recent emergence of the water‐food‐labor (WFL) nexus attempts to recognize the social and labor consequences of production and consumption from a poverty and income perspective (Distefano et al., 2022). The widespread utilization of the nexus may arguably lie in the fact that it is a flexible construct, allowing many disciplinary fields, sectors, and policy domains to find resonance with it.…”

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“…Human labor and social wellbeing are also a significant component of these trade networks. In Colombia, a WFL nexus configuration has been used to assess the domestic trade connections between virtual water trade and virtual informal labor flows across administrative units and economic sectors, in order to examine the consequences of food production on water use, food security and social outcomes (Distefano et al., 2022). This analysis revealed both significant income inequality and fragile informal work conditions within the food production sector, and the reliance of rich departments such as Antioquia and Bogotá on the supply of food and virtual water from rural departments at the cost of exposing those regions to increased water stress.…”

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Appraising the Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus From a Sustainable Development Perspective: A Maturing Paradigm?

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The water‐energy‐food (WEF) nexus is a prominent approach for addressing today's sustainable development challenges. In our critical appraisal of the WEF, covering different approaches, drivers, enablers, and applications, we emphasize the situation across the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean). Here, WEF research covers at least 23 focal domains. We find that the nexus is still a maturing paradigm primarily rooted in a physical and natural sciences framing, which is itself embedded in a neoliberal securities narrative. While providing insights and tools to address the systemic interdependencies between resource sectors whose exploitation, degradation, and sub‐optimal management contribute to (un)sustainable development, there is still insufficient engagement with social, political, and economic dimensions. Progress related to climate, urbanization, and resource consumption is encouraging, but while governance and finance are central enablers of current and future nexus systems, gaps remain in relation to implementation and operationalization. Harnessing the nexus for sustainable development across the Global South means recognizing that it is more than a biophysical system, but also a multi‐scale complex of people, institutions, and infrastructure, affected by history and context. Addressing this complexity requires alternative and possibly challenging perspectives to counter dominant narratives, and manage problems associated with policy integration, trade‐offs, and winners and losers. We outline 10 emergent research areas that we think can contribute to this endeavor and enable the nexus to be a stronger policy force.

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Intimate coupling of a hydrologic model with an economic input–output model using system dynamics

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2023

Appl Water Sci

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This paper illustrates the intimate coupling of a hydrologic model with an economic input–output model. A realistic watershed and a simple hypothetical economy are used to illustrate the trade-off between water use and water availability. This approach provides two key benefits for water management. First, it directly links the supply side (the hydrologic model is used to estimate water availability) to the demand side (the economic model is used to estimate water use by sector) using a common framework that accounts for the interdependence of the two models. This link allows us to analyze water allocation and calculate the intensity of water scarcity. Second, it enables us to consider the effect of spatial distribution of economic activity on the hydrologic model and prevents either under or over estimating water scarcity. Without this spatial disaggregation, a shortfall in one sub-watershed may be offset by an abundance in another sub-watershed. The framework is sufficiently flexible to assess more complex situations, including varied spatial disaggregation and feedbacks. The coupled model is much faster and can be applied to watersheds with different characteristics. We use system dynamics to develop the integrated hydrologic-economic modelling framework and analyze three scenarios: a baseline situation, a spatially-resolved coupled model, and a temporally-resolved coupled model. The paper concludes with recommendations for implementation and future research.

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Sub-national water–food–labour nexus in Colombia

Cited by 12 publications

References 42 publications

Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

Ten Years of Research on the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: An Analysis of Topics Evolution

Appraising the Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus From a Sustainable Development Perspective: A Maturing Paradigm?

Intimate coupling of a hydrologic model with an economic input–output model using system dynamics

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