, aesthetics, teaching, water for human life, water for other life and commercial use. Of these, the most important values … to the commercial use of water, and its potential negative impact on ecological and social values. …

, water use and fertilizer use for the year 2050, for a complete diet and four different futures. Agriculture will need to … land use, which makes the necessity of incorporating both in such assessments clear. Water use increases relative to total …

We consider a case of water reallocation in Brazil, one which has numerous analogs elsewhere. To permit empirical study …

Water is a vital need for humans and a critical resource for the maintenance of social–ecological systems. Against the … backdrop of global environmental and societal changes, water scarcity looms large in many parts of the world. This uncertainty … paths of the evolution of a system, importantly permeated research on water issues. Through review of theoretical and case …

the potential impacts from changes in the reliability and quality of those diminishing water supplies. This article … investigates the combined impacts on irrigated agricultural food supply from reduced, more variable and more saline water supply … change on agricultural production requires an understanding of not only how production may adapt to changes in mean water …

Virtual water trade is increasingly recognized as a useful metaphor for thinking about freshwater resources in an … article I develop new theoretical results that place the virtual water concept on a firm economic foundation, and which … correct several misconceptions within the existing literature on virtual water economics. …

governance, in this case, formal scalar reorganization (re-scaling) of governance. Modifications of water governance are the …, or politically oriented vision of water management prevails. The framework developed goes beyond the alternatives of …, rescaling resulted from some politically dominant regional actors favoring better coordination of water management with regional …