We review recent water reforms and the consequences of water recovery intended to
increase stream flows in the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), Australia. The MDB provides a …

Water security is a major challenge for science and society. We review the rapidly growing
literature on water security from the perspective of risk science and management …

The human influence on the global hydrological cycle is now the dominant force behind
changes in water resources across the world and in regulating the resilience of the Earth …

Storage and controlled distribution of water have been key elements of a human strategy to
overcome the space and time variability of water, which have been marked by catastrophic …

Growing water extractions combined with emerging demands for environment protection
increase competition for scarce water resources worldwide, especially in arid and semiarid …

Farmers adopt a range of technical and non-technical adaptation behaviors (TANAB) to
alleviate the negative effects of drought. Understanding this adaptation behavior and its …

Fundamental transitions in natural resources technologies, institutions, and management
approaches are often difficult to see in advance, or even in the midst, of actual changes …

Climate change is threatening water security in water-scarce regions across the world,
challenging water management policy in terms of how best to adapt. Transformative new …

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 …

Water markets are increasingly proposed as a demand-management strategy to deal with
water scarcity. Water trading arrangements, on their own, are not about setting bio-physical …