The twenty-first century is witnessing an explosion in global population, environmental
changes, agricultural land disintegration, hunger, and geopolitical instabilities. It is difficult to …

The food-energy-water nexus is a relatively new emerging field that strives to work at the
urban and rural level for integrated governance of resources. The field has received …

The current perception of how ecosystem services (ES) affect the water-energy-food nexus
sustainability (hereafter, nexus sustainability) is still unclear. Here, we proposed an …

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 …

Urban farming can improve cities' food security and resilience, but the performance of
different farming systems with respect to land and investment constraints has not been …

In the context of global population growth and environmental degradation, research on the
synergies of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is important for sustainable regional …

The rapid urban expansion of China has led to a large amount of water and energy
consumption, and caused drastic growth of carbon emissions. Discovering the water–energy …

The coordinated development of the regional water-energy nexus is important for the
rational utilization of resources. This study proposed an integrated assessment and …

The new perspectives of the water–energy nexus, water-for-energy and energy-for-water,
emphasize the current and future need to find ways to produce as much energy with as low …

Highlights•A novel Productive Architectural Surface System (PASS) is proposed.•Productive
double-skin facade (PDSF) was constructed based on PASS.•The daylighting performance …