The Water, Energy, and Food Nexus: Health is yet Another Resource
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This perspective highlights a place for Health (H) in the Water, Energy, and Water (WEF) nexus. It reviews reference to health WEF nexus literature makes case its inclusion into Nexus. We argue that although concept of water, energy, food is relatively recent, it has been adopted by several UN agencies international organizations will continue draw emphasis research, politics communications scientific community. Now time integrate health.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Environmental Science
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2296-665X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.879081