Understanding the Sustainability of the Energy–Water–Land Flow Nexus in Transnational Trade of the Belt and Road Countries by Gengyuan Liu, Asim Nawab, Fanxin Meng, Aamir Mehmood Shah, Xiaoya Deng, Yan Hao, Biagio F. Giannetti, Feni Agostinho, Cecília M. V. B. Almeida, Marco Casazza

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Factorization-Based Active Contour for Water-Land SAR Image Segmentation via the Fusion of Features by Qingxia Meng, Xianbin Wen, Liming Yuan, Haixia Xu

“…The experimental results demonstrate the proposed algorithm is effective for water/land segmentation in SAR images.…”
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Optimized Resource Allocation for Sustainable Development in Beijing: Integrating Water, Land, Energy, and Carbon Nexus by Yanning Gao, Xiaowen Shi, Haozhe Zhang, Renwu Tang

“…The model targets environmental, economic, and social goals by establishing a water–land–energy–carbon (WLEC) nexus for analyzing resource allocation strategies and carbon reduction pathways under various constraints. …”
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Feature Selection and Mislabeled Waveform Correction for Water–Land Discrimination Using Airborne Infrared Laser by Gang Liang, Xinglei Zhao, Jianhu Zhao, Fengnian Zhou

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Integrated energy-water-land nexus planning to guide national policy: an example from Uruguay by Zarrar Khan, Thomas B Wild, Maria Eugenia Silva Carrazzone, Rossana Gaudioso, María Pía Mascari, Fabiana Bianchi, Federico Weinstein, Federico Pérez, William Pérez, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Leon Clarke, Mohamad Hejazi, Chris R Vernon, Page Kyle, Jae Edmonds, Raul Muñoz Castillo

“…This study presents an approach to conducting integrated energy-water-land (EWL) planning, using Uruguay as an example. …”
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EVALUATING DIFFERENT WATER-LAND-BOUNDARY APPROXIMATIONS TO IMPROVE SAR-DERIVED DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS by B. Schneider, E. Wortmeyer, S. Schmitz, S. Schmitz, A. Thiele, A. Thiele, P. Havel, H. Dirks

“…As part of the project, this paper focuses on the suitability of F-SAR data regarding the derivation of water-land-boundaries (WLBs). Therefore, water-land-boundaries based on independent data sets are compared and evaluated. …”
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Influence of altitude on tropical marine habitat classification using imagery from fixed‐wing, water‐landing UAVs by Sophia L. Ellis, Michelle L. Taylor, Melissa Schiele, Tom B. Letessier

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Ecological resilience in water-land transition zones: A case study of the Dongting Lake region, China by Suwen Xiong, Fan Yang

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Coupling coordination relationship between ecosystem services and water-land resources for the Daguhe River Basin, China. by Baodi Sun, Jingchao Tang, Dehu Yu, Zhiwen Song

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Gender Roles, Implications for Water, Land, and Food Security in a Changing Climate: A Systematic Review by Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Tracey T. J. M. McKay, Felix Ekwabena Donkor, Mulala Danny Simatele

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Optimal decision-making in the water, land and food nexus using artificial intelligence and extreme machine learning by Wei Shao, Yihang Ding, Jinghao Wen, Pengxu Zhu, Lisong Ou

“…The development of decision-making systems based on artificial intelligence can lead to achieving optimal solutions water-land-food nexus. In this paper, an extreme learning machine model was developed with the objective function of wheat production maximization. …”
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Virtual reality as a countermeasure for astronaut motion sickness during simulated post-flight water landings by Lonner, T. L., Allred, A. R., Bonarrigo, L., Gopinath, A., Smith, K., Kravets, V., Groen, E. L., Oman, C., DiZio, P., Lawson, B. D., Clark, T. K.

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Using water‐landing, fixed‐wing UAVs and computer vision to assess seabird nutrient subsidy effects on sharks and rays by Melissa Schiele, J. Marcus Rowcliffe, Ben Clark, Paul Lepper, Tom B. Letessier

“…We used a novel long‐range water‐landing fixed‐wing unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) to survey the distribution and density of sharks, rays and any additional megafauna, on and around tropical coral islands (n = 14) in the Chagos Archipelago Marine Protected Area. …”
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Water–Land–Food Nexus for Sustainable Agricultural Development in Main Grain-Producing Areas of North China Plain by Lijia Zhu, Yuping Bai, Lijin Zhang, Wanyi Si, Anni Wang, Chuyao Weng, Jiayao Shu

Subjects: “…water–land–food nexus…”
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Utilizing the water-land-food security nexus to review the underperformance of smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa by Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Henry Bikwibili Tantoh, Tracey J. M. McKay, Tracey J. M. McKay

Subjects: “…water-land-food security…”
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A System Innovation Approach for Science-Stakeholder Interface: Theory and Application to Water-Land-Food-Energy Nexus by Angelos Alamanos, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Phoebe Koundouri, Lydia Papadaki, Lydia Papadaki, Lydia Papadaki, Lydia Papadaki, Tatiana Pliakou, Tatiana Pliakou, Tatiana Pliakou

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The Paris pledges and the energy-water-land nexus in Latin America: Exploring implications of greenhouse gas emission reductions. by Silvia R Santos Da Silva, Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, Raul Muñoz-Castillo, Leon E Clarke, Caleb J Braun, Alison Delgado, James A Edmonds, Mohamad Hejazi, Jill Horing, Russell Horowitz, Page Kyle, Robert Link, Pralit Patel, Sean Turner, Haewon C McJeon

“…Nevertheless, a gap in the literature exists regarding the understanding of implications of the NDCs on countries' Energy-Water-Land nexus resource systems. The present paper explores this angle within the regional context of Latin America by employing the Global Change Assessment Model, a state-of-the-art integrated assessment model capable of representing key system-wide interactions among nexus sectors and mitigation policies. …”
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Water, land, and air: how do residents of Brazilian remote rural territories travel to access health services? by Patty Fidelis de Almeida, Adriano Maia dos Santos, Lucas Manoel da Silva Cabral, Eduarda Ferreira dos Anjos, Márcia Cristina Rodrigues Fausto, Aylene Bousquat

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Editorial: Cross-cutting issues in the water, land, energy and food security nexus: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa by Felix Kwabena Donkor

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Additive interaction between heterogeneous environmental quality domains (air, water, land, sociodemographic and built environment) on preterm birth by Shannon Grabich, Kristen Rappazzo, Christine Gray, Christine Gray, Jyotsna S. Jagai, Yun Jian, Lynne Messer, Danelle T Lobdell

“…We address this gap by conducting a county-level cross-sectional analysis of interactions between Environmental Quality Index (EQI) domain indices on preterm birth in the Unites States from 2000-2005.METHODS: The EQI, a county-level index constructed for the 2000-2005 time period, was constructed from five domain-specific indices (air, water, land, built and sociodemographic) using principal component analyses. …”
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