摘要
•This paper applied ex post scenario analysis under the “nexus thinking” concept to identify where development paths are in conflict in the Brahmaputra River.•Results of the hydro-economic water system model quantify precipitation change is the dominant single driver that affect water–energy–food nexus in the basin.•The combination of “temperature change and precipitation change” and “precipitation change and Chinese diversion” are two dominant drivers that affect water–energy–food nexus in the basin.•Interactive parallel coordinate plots have been developed and made available as web-based decision support tools (e.g., http://people.umass.edu/yceyang/ChinaWEF.html).