A systematic approach for assessing water, energy and food security during the COVID-19 pandemic: case study of Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Assessing the security of the water-energy-food nexus is a topic of great importance, which allows determining the situation of each resource to implement actions for sustainable management of these resources in today's society. For this reason, a systematic procedure is proposed to evaluate the synergies of the water-energy-food nexus in a large region that is divided into subregions that allow considering their interactions. The new procedure considers the availability, accessibility and regional interdependence of resources while annexing economic and social aspects. A composite index called the WEF Global Index is developed, which involves the WEF nexus index and has nine indicators that evaluate the availability, accessibility and regional interdependence of each resource in the water

SUBMITTER: Raya-Tapia AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9483337 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature