Managing water resources systems usually involves conflicts. Behaviors of stakeholders,
who might be willing to contribute to improvements and reach a win–win situation …

Irrigation is very important for ensuring food security and reducing crop production
vulnerability caused by the lack of rain. Sustainable irrigation is the rational practice of all the …

'Blue Revolution upturns some environmental applecarts-not for the hell of it, but so we can
manage our environment better.'Fred Pearce, New Scientist This updated and revised …

The availability of water resources in many urbanizing areas is the emergent property of the
adaptive interactions among consumers, policy, and the hydrologic cycle. As water …

The global effort toward sustainable development has initiated a transition in water
management. Water utility companies use water-pricing policies as an instrument for …

Within coupled hydrological simulation systems, taking socio-economic processes into
account is still a challenging task. In particular, systems that aim at evaluating impacts of …

Game Theory (GT), both in its non-cooperative (NCGT) and cooperative (CGT) forms, has
been pivotal in its contribution to the analysis of important aspects related to water …

Integrated water resource management (IWRM) and water sharing concepts are described.
Various definitions of IWRM are presented. It can be described as a facilitated stakeholder …

In a rapidly urbanizing world, population densities no longer allow for unlimited access to
safe water. Competition for water, often associated with competition for the access to land …

This paper proposes a new framework to optimize the allocation of water resources
considering two perspectives of water value and strategic management which is one of the …