Where Will ‘Water-Energy-Food’ Research Go Next?—Visualisation Review and Prospect

Wang, Jue; Ju, Keyi; Wei, Xiaoding

doi:10.3390/su14137751

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“…The top three countries (USA, China, and UK) represent one third of the total number of articles. These trends confirm the results obtained by Wang et al [10].…”

Section: Network Analysissupporting

confidence: 93%

Trends in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research

Rhouma,

El Jeitany,

Mohtar

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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This paper aims to analyze the scientific evolution and research trends concerning the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus, as well as its development within scientific databases. To achieve this, a bibliometric analysis has been conducted using publications sourced from Scopus and Web of science databases. This study examined key aspects such as primary journals, prominent authors, affiliated institutions, countries of origin, subject areas, and notable keywords. Furthermore, there is a dedicated section that delves into research and innovation gaps within publications related to the WEF nexus. Results reveal that research on the WEF nexus has experienced exponential growth over the past decade, with the majority of publications emerging between 2017 and 2023. The United States leads in this field, with engineering and environmental science being the predominant research categories, with Spain and Italy being the prominent countries in Europe. The WEF nexus concept in the agriculture sector is notably underdeveloped, particularly in its ties with the Sustainable Development Goals and the science–policy–society interface. The study stresses the importance of integrating health considerations into the WEF Nexus to understand the interconnections and their implications on public health, thereby enriching the Nexus approach with a critical dimension of human well-being. This situation underscores the urgent need to create a nexus community that bridges science and practice, and to incorporate this specialized discipline into university curricula.

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“…The top three countries (USA, China, and UK) represent one third of the total number of articles. These trends confirm the results obtained by Wang et al [10].…”

Section: Network Analysissupporting

confidence: 93%

Trends in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research

Rhouma,

El Jeitany,

Mohtar

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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“…It has been conceptualized as an analytical tool, as a normative conceptual framework for policy integration, and as a discourse for framing problems of resource management [5,6]. The WEF nexus has become increasingly important in climate-related literature over the past few decades [7,8]. The literature includes a diversity of different methods of analysis, though research methods have focused on quantitative over qualitative approaches [9], leading to calls for more investigation on qualitative and comparative cross-case analysis [6].…”

Section: Wef Nexusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bridging the gap between the water-energy-food nexus and compound risks

Leah Jones-Crank,

Lu,

Orlove

2024

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is a concept and approach to examine the interactions of water, energy, and food resources. Similarly, compound risks are a set of risk types that consider multiple connected factors that amplify risks. While both concepts are promoted as approaches to move beyond silos and address complex problems in environmental governance, there has been limited exploration of their overlap. Our study integrates these two approaches for more holistic assessment and management of resources in the context of climate risks. We examine the connections between the WEF nexus and compound risk in two ways. First, we review the literature to identify previous conceptual connections between the WEF nexus and compound risks. Second, we review seven case studies with WEF nexus interactions and compound risks to identify how the two approaches might be considered in practice. Our results demonstrate that there is limited, though not non-existent, integration of the two concepts in both the theoretical literature and in the case studies. The four of the seven cases that do show some level of connection in practice demonstrate opportunities for greater integration in the future, such as leveraging the water sector as a bridge to address WEF nexus and compound risk challenges together.

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“…The FEWS nexus has also been promoted as a valuable framework for confronting pressing climate and social changes (Endo et al, 2017). As FEWS research has grown over the last decade (Wang et al, 2022;Zhou et al, 2022), the majority of research efforts have focused on technical solutions to biophysical challenges of FEWS production, conversion and use (as per Newell et al, 2019). FEWS relationships have been well studied in many complex contexts, such as the relationship between food production and water use, as well as the interdependencies between energy demand and climate change impacts on food and water resources (Kaddoura and El Khatib, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A systematic review of social equity in FEWS analyses

Stone

Dickey

Summers

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Integrating social equity considerations into analyses of the food-energy-water systems nexus (FEWS) could improve understanding of how to meet increasing resource demands without impacting social vulnerabilities. Effective integration requires a robust definition of equity and an enhanced understanding of reliable FEWS analysis methods. By exploring how equity has been incorporated into FEWS research in the United States and countries with similar national development, this systematic literature review builds a knowledge base to address a critical research need. Our objectives were to 1) catalog analysis methods and metrics relevant to assessing FEWS equity at varying scales; 2) characterize current studies and interpret shared themes; and 3) identify opportunities for future research and the advancement of equitable FEWS governance. FEWS equity definitions and metrics were categorized by respective system (food, energy, water, overall nexus) and common governance scales (local, regional, national, global). Two central issues were climate change, which increases FEWS risks for vulnerable populations, and sustainable development, which offers a promising framework for integrating equity and FEWS in policy-making contexts. Social equity in FEWS was integrated into studies through affordability, access, and sociocultural elements. This framework could support researchers and practitioners to include equity in FEWS analysis tools based on study scale, purpose, and resource availability. Research gaps identified during the review included a lack of studies effectively integrating all three systems, a need for publicly available datasets, omission of issues related to energy conversion facilities, and opportunities for integration of environmental justice modalities into FEWS research. This paper synthesized how social equity has previously been incorporated into FEWS and outlines pathways for further consideration of equity within nexus studies. Our findings suggested that continued exploration of connections between FEWS, equity, and policy development across scales could reduce social risks and vulnerabilities associated with these systems.

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Where Will ‘Water-Energy-Food’ Research Go Next?—Visualisation Review and Prospect

Cited by 6 publications

References 114 publications

Trends in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research

Trends in the Water–Energy–Food Nexus Research

Bridging the gap between the water-energy-food nexus and compound risks

A systematic review of social equity in FEWS analyses

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