Jevons' paradox and efficient irrigation technology

L Sears, J Caparelli, C Lee, D Pan, G Strandberg… - Sustainability, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
Water is one of our world's most essential natural resources, but it is also a resource that is
becoming increasingly scarce. The agricultural use of groundwater is particularly important …

Designing water markets for climate change adaptation

EM Bruno, K Jessoe - Nature Climate Change, 2024‏ - nature.com
Water markets have the potential to lessen some costs of climate change. However, they
need to be designed to address the unique institutional and physical features of water. In …

Satellite‐based monitoring of irrigation water use: Assessing measurement errors and their implications for agricultural water management policy

T Foster, T Mieno, N Brozović - Water Resources Research, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Reliable accounting of agricultural water use is critical for sustainable water management.
However, the majority of agricultural water use is not monitored, with limited metering of …

Adaptation to an irrigation water restriction imposed through local governance

KM Drysdale, NP Hendricks - Journal of Environmental Economics and …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
We estimate how farmers adapted to a water restriction imposed through local governance.
The restriction imposed a uniform quota on water use with a 5-year allocation and allowed …

Ozone stress and crop harvesting failure: Evidence from US food production

Z Liu, Q Lu - Food Policy, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Farmers react to ozone injury by abandoning crops when the expected revenues cannot
compensate for the harvesting costs. This study provides the first empirical evidence of …

Groundwater institutions in the face of global climate change

J Zhao, NP Hendricks, H Li - Annual Review of Resource …, 2024‏ - annualreviews.org
We review the literature on the performance of groundwater institutions, including command-
and-control (CAC) approaches, market-based institutions (MBIs), and voluntary approaches …

How transaction costs obstruct collective action: The case of California's groundwater

AB Ayres, EC Edwards, GD Libecap - Journal of Environmental Economics …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Collective action to remedy the losses of open access to common-pool resources often is
late and incomplete, extending rent dissipation. Examples include persistent over …

Comanagement of groundwater: A review

F Molle, A Closas - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
The sustainability of groundwater abstraction is fast becoming a global challenge. This
article reviews cases and assess the potential of groundwater comanagement, beginning by …

Adapting to water restrictions: Intensive versus extensive adaptation over time differentiated by water right seniority

D Earnhart, NP Hendricks - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study explores farmers' adjustments to their water use when faced with water
restrictions, distinguishing between intensive and extensive adjustments and examining …

The heterogeneous impacts of groundwater management policies in the Republican River Basin of Colorado

RA Hrozencik, DT Manning, JF Suter… - Water Resources …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is a critical input to agricultural production across the globe. Current
groundwater pum** rates frequently exceed recharge, often by a substantial amount …