Internalization of natural resource scarcity effects and environmental costs requires pricing of unpriced resources. This paper briefly reviews the current issues in irrigation water pricing, presents an analytical framework for determining economic value of irrigation water using both the...

Non-profit organizations have been working for the benefit of humanity for hundreds of years. One of the major issues that have been highlighted recently is the long-term sustainability of these interventions. In previous studies most scholars have focused on the individual actions of a single...

Agricultural water stress is a critical problem undermining socioeconomic development and environmental sustainability of water and land resources in many agriculture-based economies. Uzbekistan is an example of such case, where for coping with the problem, water reforms such as creation of...

Rebate programs for retrofitting residential properties with water efficient appliances have become a common conservation policy tool for local municipalities. Engineering estimates of water savings from rebate programs can be systematically biased because they assume all subsidized appliance...