This article identifies key barriers to the expansion of surface water markets in the western
United States and examines the lessons learned from the development of market-based …

The Earth's future depends on how we manage the manifold risks of climate change (CC). It
is state‐of‐the‐art to assume that risk reduction requires participatory management involving …

Climate change is a challenge to drinking water providers worldwide and to regulatory
frameworks that consider long-term investment decisions. Coping with an unstable climate …

Irrigated agriculture is generally considered to be more productive than rainfed agriculture at
any given location. This difference in crop yield between irrigated and rainfed production …

An efficient market implies that potential gains from trade are fully captured. Achieving this
requires a well-functioning market where prices reflect all available information. In the case …

Although agriculture in Nigeria is the major source of income for about 70% of the active
population, the impact of agrarian infrastructure on boosting productivity and supporting …

Adaptation to global-change processes is conventionally based on assessment of human
and environmental drivers and vulnerabilities. Institutionalizing adaptation involves …

Water resource management is becoming an increasingly pertinent topic worldwide,
particularly in the face of a growing population and changing climate. This is especially true …

Water rights were allocated in the western United States between 1850-1900 without regard
for pre-existing Indigenous claims. A 1908 US Supreme Court ruling (Winters vs. United …

Hawai 'i has set the ambitious goals of 100% renewable energy use and carbon neutrality
by 2045. Bioenergy cropping systems, depending on land management factors, have the …