Many of the world's irrigated regions face the problem of aging infrastructure and declining
revenues to maintain and repair irrigation structures. Policy debates over climate change …

This review provides a broad discussion of water pricing in agriculture. First, the
practicalities and effectiveness of current water charging practices are described. Then, the …

Economic ideas and processes are becoming increasingly integrated with more traditional
engineering and hydrologic models of water management problems. Combining economic …

Understanding the complex relationship between water, agriculture and poverty (WAP) is
essential for informed policy-making in light of increasing demand for scarce water …

Cultivating water markets is an urgent task related to the sustainable use of water resources.
With the intention of promoting water conservation, China has been actively exploring and …

Combined hydro-economic models of river basins are fundamental tools for assessing
management and infrastructure strategies to improve the economic efficiency of water use in …

More efficient and sustainable use of water is increasingly becoming an urgency in drought
prone parts of the world. In particular, in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean …

The 2011 and 2012 droughts considerably affected the Ogallala Aquifer supplying irrigation
water for agricultural production in the US High Plains (HP). Shrinking water resources and …

Although agricultural irrigation technology in China has been steadily improved for decades,
the realized water conservation in the agricultural sector is not as good as expected. This …

Bid prices for the demand and supply of water allocations between 2001 and 2007, and
average monthly prices paid for water allocations from 1997 to 2007 in the Goulburn–Murray …