Water is a multidimensional issue, involving water availability, access to freshwater, spatial and temporal … other aspects. The water security approach manages such complexity and proposes a comprehensive view of human security in … relation to the water-related issues. Consequently, the solutions developed in order to face this multi-faceted concept should …

This study develops a model of water extraction with endogenous social norms. Many users are connected by a unique … and sub-optimal consumptions of water. Lastly, this theoretical framework is completed by extensions to highlight levers … of water preservation, including the calibration of social norm incentives. …

The current Water Abstraction License (WAL) regime in Italy is no longer flexible enough to cope with the challenges … of bottom-up conflict resolution mechanisms at a basin scale; a water pricing scheme that does not reflect the cost of … water conveyance and use, and does not encourage efficient water allocation; and the lack of a central WAL register, which …