The growing number of areas facing water scarcity necessitates adaptive water
management strategies beyond traditional water supply and demand management …

The water markets as an institution for water demand and supply management has been
extensively documented both theoretically and empirically. The application of successful …

A growing number of countries are reforming their water allocation regimes through the use
of economic instruments. This article analyzes the performance of economic instruments in …

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 promoted as a demand-management strategy for addressing water
scarcity. Although there is an increasing literature on the institutional preconditions required …

Increasing competition for freshwater underscores the need for scalable solutions to
manage and mitigate the impacts of freshwater scarcity. Appropriate rules and incentives …

Abstract Study region The Guadalquivir Basin in Spain as a representative Mediterranean
basin. Study focus The aim of this study is to assess the adaptive capacity of Mediterranean …

Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource worldwide, suggesting that water
rationing methods should be revised to improve water allocation efficiency, especially during …

Water markets increasingly facilitate adaptation to water scarcity, but transaction costs can
be barriers to expanded water marketing, particularly under water rights law in the western …

In recent decades, the use of economic instruments has been promoted as a way to improve
water demand management, required due to the difficulty of further supply increases …