Land use and land cover (LULC) changes have significant influences on the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus, as the WEF nexus characteristics change naturally due to dynamic LULC changes. However, understanding the WEF nexus’ potential and characteristics in the watershed under the influence of LULC changes is less commonly explored. This study used the social network analysis (SNA) model to analyze the interaction between land use (LU) types and water, energy, and food nexus attributes. Moreover, we used regression analysis to analyze the impact of various LU types on the WEF nexus. The LULC maps of 1986, 2000, 2011, and 2019 were prepared by digital classification method with proper accuracy using satellite imagery. The results show that agroforestry is the dominant LU type, accounting for 25.8–53.1% from 1986 to 2019. Further, settlement increased a 100-fold, which shows the dynamic LULC changes. SNA computed the maximum inter-linkage for forest and water access attributes, while agroforestry and food attributes acted as bridge in the network. This shows that there was inter-dependence between LULC changes and the WEF nexus. This result suggests that LU dynamics can exert pressure on the WEF nexus’ resource potential, resulting in WEF insecurity. The analysis of impacts of LULC changes on the WEF nexus shows that the changes that occurred in major LUs (i.e., agroforestry, bare land, settlements, and grass land) had significantly impacted hydrological behaviors, energy characteristics, and food production potential. Understanding LULC changes helps us to conserve and manage WEF nexus resources and to resolve the current dilemmas between land, water, energy, and food sector policies and decisions to improve resource productivity, lower environmental pressure, and enhance human wellbeing and security.

土地利用和土地覆被（LULC）的变化对水，能源，食品（WEF）的联系有重大影响，因为WEF的联系特征由于LULU的动态变化而自然发生变化。但是，很少了解了解在LULC变化影响下流域中WEF的潜力和特征。这项研究使用社会网络分析（SNA）模型来分析土地利用（LU）类型与水，能源和食物关系属性之间的相互作用。此外，我们使用回归分析来分析各种LU类型对WEF链接的影响。1986年，2000年，2011年和2019年的LULC地图是使用卫星图像通过数字分类方法以适当的精度绘制的。结果表明，农林业是主要的LU类型，从1986年到2019年，占25.8-53.1％。此外，沉降增加了100倍，显示了动态LULC的变化。SNA计算了森林和水资源获取属性的最大相互联系，而农林业和粮食属性充当了网络中的桥梁。这表明LULC更改和WEF关系之间存在相互依赖关系。该结果表明，LU动态可以对WEF关联的资源潜力施加压力，从而导致WEF不安全。对土地利用变化的变化对WEF关系的影响的分析表明，主要土地利用变化（即农林业，光秃土地，定居点和草地）发生的变化对水文行为，能源特征和粮食生产潜力产生了重大影响。了解LULC的变化有助于我们保护和管理WEF关系资源，并解决当前土地，水，能源，