Increasing economic pressures on water resources are causing countries to (re) consider
various mechanisms to improve water use efficiency. This is especially true for irrigation …

The issue of groundwater management remains a practical concern in many regions
throughout the world, while water managers continue to grapple with the question of how to …

Looks at how water availability and demand will evolve over the next three decades.
Examines how water-and food-related policies will affect global, regional, and local water …

With water scarcity becoming an increasing constraint to food production in northern China,
pricing mechanism has been given a high priority in dealing with the problem. Using …

European water policy, as set out in the Water Framework Directive (WFD), requires all EU
Member States to implement volumetric water pricing at rates that roughly cover the total …

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impacts of agriculture and water policy
scenarios on the sustainability of selected irrigated farming systems in Italy, in the context of …

Getting prices right and allocating water efficiently will become increasingly important as
demand for food and water increases and as water scarcity becomes more of a problem …

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

The water resources research and practice community excels at the development of
innovative and varied ideas and blueprints to replace existing flawed water management …

This study investigates the structure of industrial water demand byestimating the derived
demand for water on a sample of industrialestablishments located in the south-west of …