Revision of Decision/Making Tools for Sustainable Planning and Proposal of a Novel Conceptual Framework for the Energy-Water-Food Nexus

Abstract

Often, political decisions are taken without the necessary coordination of different administrations and without considering the impact that a political decision in one activity may have on additional activities (Medema et al. in Water 8:1–24, 2016 [1]; Eddington and Eddington in Res Comp Int Educ 6:255–272, 2011 [2]). A deficiency in coordination arises between different branches at the same hierarchy level, or between different levels, in the public administration. For instance, for a problem associated with a nation’s energy-related decisions, hydro-related resolutions are taken at a restricted area, without coordination between the two administration levels.