To tackle the globally increasing discrepancy between food, energy and water demands and
resource availability sustainably, resource supply system models have to incorporate the …

Multiple-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods have been widely employed in various
fields and disciplines, including decision problems regarding Sustainable Development …

Water, energy, food, and carbon are the most fundamental elements of agricultural
development, and the essential needs that human beings and society depend on for …

Ecological security and efficient utilization of resources in the water-land-energy-food
(WLEF) nexus are important strategic needs. Therefore, this study developed an emergy …

Water, energy, and food (WEF) are pivotal resources for the sustainable development of
human society. Integrated assessment of the sustainable WEF nexus is essential to enhance …

Promoting the coupled development of water, energy, and food (WEF) subsystems is a
critical step to enhance synergies and increase efficiencies in the WEF nexus. However, the …

Jiuquan City is a typical ecologically fragile area in the arid areas of Northwest China, and
unreasonable human activities directly affect the regional ecological security. Scientifically, it …

Food, water and energy are essential to sustainable development and their security greatly
affects the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). This study analyzes the …

Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of the twenty-first century. This
phenomenon has an increasingly severe impact on water resources and crop production …

Under the influence of human activities, the unary water cycle has been transformed into a
“natural–social” dualistic water cycle, and the analysis of driving mechanism of the water …