A Food-Energy-Water Nexus approach for land use optimization

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 659; pp. 7 - 19
• Main Authors: Nie, Yaling, Avraamidou, Styliani, Xiao, Xin, Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N., Li, Jie, Zeng, Yujiao, Song, Fei, Yu, Jie, Zhu, Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2019
• Subjects: agricultural land; China; climate; data analysis; Data-driven modeling; decision making; decision support systems; energy; engineering; food production; Food-Energy-Water Nexus; Integrated assessment; issues and policy; Land use; Multi-objective optimization; nonlinear models; society; stakeholders; system optimization; China; Food-Energy-Water Nexus; Data-driven modeling; Multi-objective optimization; Integrated assessment; Land use

Allocation and management of agricultural land is of emergent concern due to land scarcity, diminishing supply of energy and water, and the increasing demand of food globally. To achieve social, economic and environmental goals in a specific agricultural land area, people and society must make decis...