The concept of water–energy–land–food nexus highlights the complex and interrelated nature relevant resource systems, calling for systemic approaches, enhanced coordination their interactions, integration efforts. Managing agricultural water in context is challenging, because management needs to meet multiple, potentially incommensurable conflicting goals, such as security, food energy environm...

The concept of water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is gaining favor as a means to highlight the functions three individual elements interrelated components single complex system. In practice, approach projects forward from present, seeking maximize future WEF synergies and avoid undesirable tradeoffs. A complementary was employed here gain insights into how ancients dealt with relationships, whether ...