Around 90% of fresh renewable water is being used in Iran, indicating high water stress
conditions across the country. Given that agricultural irrigation accounts for the majority of …

Based on understandings of a natural resource commons, we examine the competition for
redistributed irrigation water following water conservation. A 'paracommons' is characterised …

Climate change will put pressure on irrigated agriculture, increasing water scarcity and
possible non‐compliance with water regulations. This is especially true in areas such as the …

The appropriation of water by farmers, land investors, mining operations, hydropower
corporations, or other actors becomes controversial when it targets relatively scarce water …

This article explores how irrigation farmer (regante) subjectivities are constructed in direct
conjunction with the production of modernist–capitalist hydrosocial territories across the …

Water schemes that rely on user (co-) ownership and collective action have been described
in the irrigation sector for a long time. Still, interest in such forms of (co-) investment in the …

Groundwater return flow to streams is important for maintaining aquatic habitat and
providing water to downstream users, particularly in irrigated watersheds experiencing water …

The appropriation of water by farmers, land investors, mining operations, hydropower
corporations, or other actors becomes controversial when it targets relatively scarce water …

Rivers have attracted increasing attention as politically contested entities. Existing literature
on hydrosocial territories sheds light on how power relations and cultural-political …

Agricultural irrigation practices have changed through time as technology has enabled more
efficient conveyance and application. In some agricultural regions, irrigation can contribute …