Droughts have severe impacts on the economy, society, and environment. They also have
impacts on groundwater and vice versa. While most analyses consider drought and …

In the last few decades, the scope of governanceauthr solutions for environmental problems
has increased substantially. The old trichotomy of governance by government, governance …

CONTEXT Worldwide farmer managed irrigation systems have provided crops for food, feed
and the market for centuries. From high mountain environments to river valleys and deltas, in …

The sustainability of agriculture in the Mediterranean climate is challenged by high irrigation
water demands and nitrogen fertilizer losses to the environment, causing significant …

CONTEXT Accelerated intensification/disintensification and urbanization are changing
agricultural systems and propel the need for spatial approaches to understand sustainability …

This paper proposes a novel agent-based model (ABM) to assess actual informal water
market (IWM) trade—a highly common form of reallocating water globally, but where …

Considering the increasing demand for urban water and the low water-use efficiency in the
agricultural sector, an exchange of treated urban wastewater for agricultural water could be …

Water transfer is becoming a popular method for solving the problems of water quality
deterioration and water level drawdown in lakes. However, the principle of choosing water …

Actual and projected water scarcity has accelerated the scale of hydrological infrastructure
and the number of Inter-Basin Water Transfers (IBWTs), which move freshwater from one …

Mediterranean societies are crucially dependent upon their water resources. Excessive
surface water resources development and unregulated groundwater abstraction have led to …