This paper provides a review of research contributions on forest management and planning
using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) based on an exhaustive literature survey. The …

There is a growing need to assess the effects of policies and global changes on both water
resources and agriculture. Agricultural programming models are adequate to study this topic …

Environmental Principles and Policies uses environmental and social principles to analyse
the latest wave of economic-based and market-orientated environmental policies currently …

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 …

In modelling farm systems it is widely accepted that risk plays a central role. Furthermore,
farmers' risk aversion determines their decisions in both the short and the long run. This …

In arid countries worldwide, social conflicts between irrigation-based human development
and the conservation of aquatic ecosystems are widespread and attract many public …

The economic value of irrigation water to horticultural producers in southern Spain is
examined using a choice experiment. Marginal water values are found to be typically above …

Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource worldwide, suggesting that water
rationing methods should be revised to improve water allocation efficiency, especially during …

Irrigated agriculture is directly influenced by various EU policies, especially the CAP and
more recently the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The demand for water by agriculture is …

This paper develops a multi-criteria methodology to simulate irrigation water markets at
basin level. For this purpose it is assumed that irrigators try to optimise personal multi …