Water Energy Food Nexus Analysis and Management Tools: A Review

David Borge-Diez, Francisco José García-Moya and Enrique Rosales-Asensio
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David Borge-Diez: Department of Electrical Engineering, Systems and Automation, University of León, 24008 León, Spain
Francisco José García-Moya: Department of Electrical Engineering, Systems and Automation, University of León, 24008 León, Spain
Enrique Rosales-Asensio: Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus de Tafira S/n, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: sustainable management; Water Energy Food Nexus; WEF; synergies improvement; analysis of strategies; Millennium Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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