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Economics of Water Management

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 October 2023) | Viewed by 3667

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Francesco Galioto

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Department of Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Barberini 36, 00187 Roma, Italy
Interests: ecological and resource economics; new political economy; land and water policies; regional economics; public goods
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Dr. Raffaella Zucaro

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Department of Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Barberini 36, 00187 Roma, Italy
Interests: water management; water policies; water use efficiency; circular economy; reclamation and irrigation boards
Dr. Raffaella Pergamo

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Department of Agricultural Policies and Bioeconomy, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Barberini 36, 00187 Roma, Italy
Interests: water management; water policies; circular economy; food networks; food policies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on investigating existing and emerging problems about the management of water resources. It is widely recognized that scarcity, combined with the many competing uses for water, creates complex choices over how water should be allocated and to whom their management should be delegated.

Many experiences around the world led to contradictory views on the effectiveness of incentives and market instruments in regulating the allocation of water resources and on the efficiency and quality of water services brought about by privatization.

The theory has often been disproved by the facts for having focused on the analysis of the instruments without paying enough attention to the role played by the actors involved in their design and implementation. This is particularly important in light of the new opportunities brought by the possibility of recovering urban and industrial wastewater through reuse in agriculture that further contribute to bringing together different and sometimes conflicting interests in water management.

Considering the above, this Special Issue comes into the current debate, contributing to defining a general framework to allow identifying the governance solutions best suited to solving context-related problems around the management of water resources in urban and rural areas. Case-oriented research from regions where water is becoming increasingly scarce, together with new theoretical insight capable of explaining the existing failure and providing innovative policy and governance solutions, are particularly welcome.

Dr. Francesco Galioto
Dr. Raffaella Zucaro
Dr. Raffaella Pergamo
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • incentives
  • rules
  • property rights
  • circular economy
  • governance
  • case studies
  • new political economy
  • game theory

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Do Irrigation Water Requirements Affect Crops’ Economic Values?
by Paolo Scatolini, Cristina Vaquero-Piñeiro, Francesco Cavazza and Raffaella Zucaro
Water 2024, 16(1), 77; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w16010077 - 24 Dec 2023
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The irrigation water requirements of different crops are becoming a pivotal driver for the governance strategies of water allocation and management. This paper estimates the impact of irrigation water requirements on economic value in terms of the yields and gross saleable production of [...] Read more.
The irrigation water requirements of different crops are becoming a pivotal driver for the governance strategies of water allocation and management. This paper estimates the impact of irrigation water requirements on economic value in terms of the yields and gross saleable production of 13 different crops cultivated in the Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) over the 2010–2020 period by exploiting a generalized propensity score matching approach. Results show that the overall irrigation water requirements affect crops’ economic value. There is a causal effect of water irrigation on economic value: positive only for high levels of water irrigation in the case of yields, while it reverses and assumes a concave shape for gross saleable production. However, the effect is mediated by the irrigation water requirements of different crops. In water scarcity conditions, the allocation of water to arboreal crops, given the effect of water irrigation on gross saleable production, is also positive for small quantities of water. This paper can help guide the design of more sustainable water management strategies and agricultural development policies to face climate change. Full article
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Assessing the Touristic Activities of Wetlands through the Travel Cost Method: A Case Study
by Vincenzo Rusciano, Myriam Ruberto, Silvia Baralla, Nunzia Gabriella Fasolino, Emilia Pellegrini and Raffaella Zucaro
Water 2023, 15(23), 4146; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w15234146 - 29 Nov 2023
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Wetlands have a fundamental role in the maintenance and development of the global ecosystem and human health. Assessing the value of Ecosystem Services (ES) that wetlands provide is strictly related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This paper considers the Oristanese Reclamation District [...] Read more.
Wetlands have a fundamental role in the maintenance and development of the global ecosystem and human health. Assessing the value of Ecosystem Services (ES) that wetlands provide is strictly related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. This paper considers the Oristanese Reclamation District located in the Italian region of Sardinia, where the highest amount of water resources is used for irrigation. Moreover, the study area is characterized by the presence of numerous ponds and wetlands that are deeply interconnected with local agriculture, attracting a substantial number of tourists. This paper aims to evaluate the touristic value in the area by applying the travel cost method, a non-market evaluation method used to derive consumers’ preferences. Through secondary data, we obtained a total estimate of economic benefits from the recreational uses of the site of approximately €1.25 Mln/year. The results provide support to decision-makers for improving management options while ensuring a tradeoff between the economic benefits derived from tourist activities and the conservation of the wetland area. Full article
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Economic Analysis under the Water Framework Directive: The State of the Art and Way forward
by Emilia Pellegrini, Silvana Dalmazzone, Nunzia Gabriella Fasolino, Vito Frontuto, Pietro Gizzi, Francesca Luppi, Fernanda Moroni, Meri Raggi, Giacomo Zanni and Davide Viaggi
Water 2023, 15(23), 4128; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/w15234128 - 28 Nov 2023
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Linking the improvement of water ecosystems to the use of economic concepts and instruments is one of the main innovations introduced by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). This should be achieved by Member States through an approach clearly linking measures and interventions [...] Read more.
Linking the improvement of water ecosystems to the use of economic concepts and instruments is one of the main innovations introduced by the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). This should be achieved by Member States through an approach clearly linking measures and interventions to improve water ecosystems to the identified pressures on water bodies (i.e., the gap analysis) and a set of economic provisions. However, modest progress in the implementation of these provisions has been recorded over time. Therefore, this paper aims to shed new light on the current limits in the implementation of the economic analysis of the WFD, in particular in relation to the gap analysis, through a comprehensive review of grey and scientific literature on the topics of gap analysis, economic valuation of ecosystem goods and services, water pricing, and disproportionate costs of measures. General conclusions and recommendations of this analysis are that enhancing data quality, promoting consistency and interaction in economic analysis components, and embedding them pragmatically in decision-making procedures are crucial. The gap analysis plays a pivotal role in directing economic research towards relevant issues within the river basin and in guiding decision makers more effectively in the application of the economic analyses required by the WFD. Full article
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