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Sustainability Implications of Deficit Irrigation in a Mature Water Economy: A Case Study in Southern Spain
(MDPI, 2017)
Deficit irrigation (DI) is an agricultural practice in which the volume of irrigation water
applied during the crop cycle is below the irrigation requirements for maximum production, the aim
of which is to increase ...
Hydro-Economic Modelling for Water-Policy Assessment Under Climate Change at a River Basin Scale: A Review
(MDPI, 2020)
Hydro-economic models (HEMs) constitute useful instruments to assess water-resource management and inform water policy. In the last decade, HEMs have achieved significant advances regarding the assessment of the impacts ...
Water Economics and Policy
(MDPI, 2017)
Economics plays a double role in the field of water management, firstly as a powerful
analytical tool supporting water allocation and policy decisions, and secondly in the form of policy
instruments (water pricing, ...
Droughts as a catalyst for water policy change. Analysis of Spain, Australia (MDB), and California
(Elsevier, 2019)
Droughts are natural hazards characterized by a prolonged period of below-average precipitation. Water scarcity is defined as insufficient water resources to meet demands in a region. This paper examines three regions ...
The Economic Analysis of Water Use in the Water Framework Directive Based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water: A Case Study of the Guadalquivir River Basin
(MDPI, 2017)
This paper develops a methodology for the economic analysis of water use proposed by the Water Framework Directive (WFD) based on the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water (SEEA-Water) standard tables. Our ...
Agricultural Irrigation Water Use in a Closed Basin and the Impacts on Water Productivity: The Case of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Southern Spain)
(MDPI, 2017)
This paper analyses the agricultural irrigation water use in a closed basin and the impacts
on water productivity, and examines how they have affected the ‘closure’ process of the
Guadalquivir river basin observed in ...