Water is not only vital for human life but also is a critical economic input. Climate change will likely exacerbate … conflicts over the multiple uses of water in Latin America. Adopting a south-south perspective approach, this study compares … direct water requirement patterns over time among Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica, applying an environmental …

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 …

When consumption of water and other utilities is measured collectively and payment for such services is equally shared … installation of individual meters affects water consumption. Using rich administrative data from the public water utility company … in Quito, Ecuador, it is estimated that water consumption decreases by about 8% as a result of the introduction of …

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. …

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 …

How to keep water and land stress within planetary boundaries is a major challenge for sustainable development in Latin … simulates future land and water demand for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru under three climate-socioeconomic scenarios: SSP …1-RCP2.6, SSP2-RCP4.5, and SSP5-RCP8.5. Under all three scenarios, land and water demands in all four countries are …

Traditionally, water policy has focused on coordinating the public effort required to fuel economic growth by supplying … water services demanded as a result of the progress in the many areas of the economy. Under this supply-oriented paradigm …, population growth and the improvement of living standards brought about by development have driven water demand up and the …

that there is excellent soil moisture and ample surplus water in reservoirs. This high growth in agri-GDP is likely to …