As water bodies are being severely stressed due to climate change conditions and growing populations, special attention must be given to areas experiencing water scarcity problems. The Mediterranean area countries are suffering from water scarcity problems jeopardizing the sustainability of the local ecosystems. At the same time, more than 50% of the urban water being supplied in these countrie...

The aim of this study is to monitor the water use over the national territory and evaluate water flows by economic sectors across regional boundaries. The sustainability level is evaluated in terms of water scarcity (the ratio between water consumption and water availability). Publicly-available geo-referenced maps containing the annual average volume of available and consumed water for differe...

We explore the links between Cyprus’s colonial past, divided present, and current water scarcity. With reference to the concept of fit, we tackle the question of whether we can observe fit in settings where institutions for collective action work differently than we would expect. We perform a secondary analysis of interview materials on Cyprus's water conflicts, extracting arguments for and aga...

Pakistan possesses the fourth largest irrigation network in world, serving 20.2 million hectares of cultivated land. With an increasing irrigated area, is short freshwater resources and faces severe water scarcity food security challenges. This first comprehensive study on footprint (WF) crop production Peshawar Basin. WF defined as volume required to produce goods services. In this study, we a...

Rising demand for food, fiber, and biofuels drives expanding irrigation withdrawals from surface water and groundwater. Irrigation efficiency and water savings have become watchwords in response to climate-induced hydrological variability, increasing freshwater demand for other uses including ecosystem water needs, and low economic productivity of irrigation compared to most other uses. We iden...