This paper aims to provide an international review of water pricing policy with an emphasis
on the alignment of costs with prices. The paper raises questions around the mechanics of …

Linking the improvement of water ecosystems to the use of economic concepts and
instruments is one of the main innovations introduced by the EU Water Framework Directive …

This study aims to assess the economic feasibility of full and deficit irrigated maize using
center pivot, set sprinkler systems and drip tape systems through multicriteria analysis …

Article 9 of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires member states to take account
not only of the principle of cost recovery of water services, including environmental and …

In this paper, we propose the modeling of a real-case problem where a farmer has to
optimize the use of his/her land by selecting the best mix of crops to cultivate. Complexity of …

This study demonstrates a new nature-based solution (NBS) project in agriculture, the
'Karla'reservoir in Central Greece, a unique example at European scale, of a lake ecosystem …

This study evaluates the impacts of projected climate change on irrigation requirements and
yields of six crops (winter wheat, winter barley, rapeseed, grain maize, potato, and sugar …

Current international research focuses on topics like sustainable development, regional
planning, environmental decision making and implementation, biodiversity conservation …

In the last decades rural communities face the problems of ageing of population, high share
of elder farmers and imbalanced distribution of farmers across age classes. The Rural …

In this paper a Multiple Criteria Mathematical Programming model has been developed
integrating vulnerability maps; its purpose is to optimize and facilitate the decision making …