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1 Grafton, R. Q.; Squires, D.; Fox, K. J. 2000. Private property and economic efficiency: A study of a common-pool resource. Journal of Law and Economics, 43(2):679-713.
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2 Katic, Pamela; Grafton, R. Q.. 2012. Economic and spatial modelling of groundwater extraction. Hydrogeology Journal, 20(5):831-834. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-011-0817-z]
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3 Qureshi, M. E.; Grafton, R. Q.; Kirby, M.; Hanjra, M. A. 2011. Understanding irrigation water use efficiency at different scales for better policy reform: a case study of the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia. Water Policy, 13(1):1-17. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2010.063]
Irrigation water ; Irrigation efficiency ; Risks ; Water use efficiency ; River basins ; Case studies ; Environmental flows ; Assets ; Economic aspects ; Water demand ; Water policy ; Water conservation ; Investment ; Water market ; Water scarcity / Australia / Murray-Darling Basin
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4 Grafton, R. Q.; Hussey, K. (Eds.) 2011. Water resources planning and management. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 777p.
Water resources ; Water management ; Hydrology ; Water cycle ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Water law ; Water crisis ; Water scarcity ; Water market ; International waters ; Wastewater treatment ; Water supply ; Water use ; Water security ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Capacity building ; Gender ; Environmental flows ; Case studies ; Stakeholders ; Ecosystems ; Biodiversity ; Food production ; Climate change ; Drought ; Flooding ; River basins ; Sewage ; Social aspects ; Equity / Australia / France / Bulgaria / Bangladesh / Canada / Papua New Guinea / Upper Iskar Basin / Colorado River Basin / Murray Darling River Basin / Jordan River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 GRA Record No: H045808)
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5 Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.) 2014. Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). 248p.
Water management ; Water resources ; International waters ; International agreements ; Water supply ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Water footprint ; Virtual water ; Water market ; Water use ; Water demand ; Wastewater treatment ; Groundwater ; Water quality ; Watercourses ; Assessment ; Energy generation ; Agriculture ; Rice ; River basins ; Aquifers ; Dams ; Irrigation systems ; Wells ; Sanitation ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Natural gas / Africa / West Africa / India / Bangladesh / Iran / Australia / Tamil Nadu / Murray-Darling Basin / Guarani Aquifer / Brahmaputra River / Himalayan Region / Mekong River / Tehran
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6 Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. 2014. Introduction. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.3-4.
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7 Grafton, R. Q.. 2014. Economics. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.7-10.
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8 Grafton, R. Q.; Horne, J. 2014. Water markets in the Murray-Darling Basin. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.37-44.
Water market ; Water rights ; Water resources ; Water allocation ; Environmental flows ; State intervention ; River basins / Australia / Murray-Darling Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H046541)
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9 Grafton, R, Q.. 2014. UNESCO water chairs and centres. In Grafton, R. Q.; Wyrwoll, P.; White, C.; Allendes, D. (Eds.). Global water: issues and insights. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University (ANU Press). pp.199-201.
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10 Grafton, R. Q.; McLindin, M.; Hussey, K.; Wyrwoll, P.; Wichelns, D.; Ringler, C.; Garrick, D.; Pittock, J.; Wheeler, S.; Orr, S.; Matthews, N.; Ansink, E.; Aureli, A.; Connell, D.; De Stefano, L.; Dowsley, K.; Farolfi, S.; Hall, J.; Katic, Pamela; Lankford, B.; Leckie, H.; McCartney, Matthew; Pohlner, H.; Ratna, N.; Rubarenzya, M. H.; Raman, S. N. S.; Wheeler, K.; Williams, J. 2016. Responding to global challenges in food, energy, environment and water: risks and options assessment for decision-making. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 3(2):275-299. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.128]
Risk assessment ; Food security ; Food production ; Energy ; Sustainable development ; Intensification ; Resilience ; Environmental effects ; Water resources ; Decision making ; Households ; Stakeholders ; Farmers ; Poverty
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We analyse the threats of global environmental change, as they relate to food security. First, we review three discourses: (i) ‘sustainable intensification’, or the increase of food supplies without compromising food producing inputs, such as soils and water; (ii) the ‘nexus’ that seeks to understand links across food, energy, environment and water systems; and (iii) ‘resilience thinking’ that focuses on how to ensure the critical capacities of food, energy and water systems are maintained in the presence of uncertainties and threats. Second, we build on these discourses to present the causal, risks and options assessment for decision-making process to improve decisionmaking in the presence of risks. The process provides a structured, but flexible, approach that moves from problem diagnosis to better risk-based decision-making and outcomes by responding to causal risks within and across food, energy, environment and water systems.
11 Grafton, R. Q.. 2017. Responding to the ‘wicked problem’ of water insecurity. Water Resources Management, 31(10):3023-3041. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1606-9]
Water insecurity ; Water resources ; Water scarcity ; Water stress ; Water supply ; Water users ; Water security ; Water policy ; Water rates ; Risk assessment ; Pricing ; Marginal costs ; Water market ; Equity ; Barriers ; Stakeholders ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048157)
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This paper highlights key trends and projections in water scarcity, reviews the ways that water security and water scarcity are most commonly understood, and explores possible responses. Based on a selected review of the literature, an explanation is provided of ways that water pricing can be applied to respond to water insecurity from both a demand and supply perspective. ‘Hard’ and also ‘soft’ approaches that include stakeholder, policy and decision processes are briefly reviewed as ways to promote water security. Collectively, the paper provides a guide about how decision makers might efficiently and equitably respond to the ‘wicked problem’ of water insecurity.
12 Garrick, D. E.; Hall, J. W.; Dobson, A.; Damania, R.; Grafton, R. Q.; Hope, R.; Hepburn, C.; Bark, R.; Boltz, F.; De Stefano, L.; O’Donnell, E.; Matthews, N.; Money, A. 2017. Valuing water for sustainable development. Science, 358(6366):1003-1005. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aao4942]
Water resources ; Economic value ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Water governance ; Water management ; Water institutions ; Water policy ; Research ; Decision making ; Measurement
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Achieving universal, safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030, as envisioned by the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, is projected to require capital expenditures of USD 114 billion per year (1). Investment on that scale, along with accompanying policy reforms, can be motivated by a growing appreciation of the value of water. Yet our ability to value water, and incorporate these values into water governance, is inadequate. Newly recognized cascading negative impacts of water scarcity, pollution, and flooding underscore the need to change the way we value water (2). With the UN/World Bank High Level Panel on Water having launched the Valuing Water Initiative in 2017 to chart principles and pathways for valuing water, we see a global opportunity to rethink the value of water. We outline four steps toward better valuation and management (see the box), examine recent advances in each of these areas, and argue that these four steps must be integrated to overcome the barriers that have stymied past efforts.
13 Grafton, R. Q.; Williams, J.; Perry, C. J.; Molle, F.; Ringler, C.; Steduto, P.; Udall, B.; Wheeler, S. A.; Wang, Y.; Garrick, D.; Allen, R. G. 2018. The paradox of irrigation efficiency: higher efficiency rarely reduces water consumption. Science, 361(6404):748-750. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat9314]
Irrigation efficiency ; Water use ; Irrigation methods ; Sprinkler irrigation ; Drip irrigation ; Surface irrigation ; Water accounting ; Water policy ; Watersheds ; River basins ; Crop production
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Reconciling higher freshwater demands with finite freshwater resources remains one of the great policy dilemmas. Given that crop irrigation constitutes 70% of global water extractions, which contributes up to 40% of globally available calories (1), governments often support increases in irrigation efficiency (IE), promoting advanced technologies to improve the “crop per drop.” This provides private benefits to irrigators and is justified, in part, on the premise that increases in IE “save” water for reallocation to other sectors, including cities and the environment. Yet substantial scientific evidence (2) has long shown that increased IE rarely delivers the presumed public-good benefits of increased water availability. Decision-makers typically have not known or understood the importance of basin-scale water accounting or of the behavioral responses of irrigators to subsidies to increase IE. We show that to mitigate global water scarcity, increases in IE must be accompanied by robust water accounting and measurements, a cap on extractions, an assessment of uncertainties, the valuation of trade-offs, and a better understanding of the incentives and behavior of irrigators.
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