Droughts can have strong environmental and socio-economic impacts in the Mediterranean
region, in particular for countries relying on rain-fed agricultural production, but also in areas …

Population growth, economic development, and dietary changes have drastically increased
the demand for food and water. The resulting expansion of irrigated agriculture into semi …

Areas where there is a scarcity of water frequently experience significant drought periods,
which may become exacerbated in the future due to climate change. In this paper we …

A growing number of countries are reforming their water allocation regimes through the use
of economic instruments. This article analyzes the performance of economic instruments in …

This study presents the development of a new bottom‐up large‐scale hydroeconomic
model, Extended Continental‐scale Hydroeconomic Optimization (ECHO), that works at a …

Water availability is essential for the appropriate analysis of its sustainable management.
We performed a comparative study of six hydrological balance models (Témez, ABCD …

This paper analyses the impacts and water policy implications of an increase of perennial
crops on irrigation water requirements and on the vulnerability of the agricultural system to …

Abstract Study region The Guadalquivir Basin in Spain as a representative Mediterranean
basin. Study focus The aim of this study is to assess the adaptive capacity of Mediterranean …

Hydro-economic models (HEMs) constitute useful instruments to assess water-resource
management and inform water policy. In the last decade, HEMs have achieved significant …

The management of water in systems where the balance between resources and demands
is already precarious can pose a challenge and it can be easily disrupted by drought …