Abstract Although a wide body of scholarly research recognizes multiple kinds values for water, water security assessments typically employ just some them. In the present article, we integrate value scenarios into planetary model to incorporate water-related social and illustrate trade-offs among Specifically, cultural environmental flows needed sustain ecosystem function (rights waters), requi...

For close to 70 years, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has provided seasonal water supply outlooks for use by Western US water managers. These outlooks are a critical component in effective water management and are utilized by a broad spectrum of users for a variety of purposes, ranging from irrigated agriculture, flood control, municipal water supply, endangered species prote...

recently, the existing mechanism of the market has been considered as an efficient method for allocating water resources in some developed and developing countries. the necessary conditions to establish an efficient water market and its economic consequents must be recognized before using this method in iran. the purpose of this study is to investigate the economic consequences and present prac...

today, limitations of water availability besides common rights between countries on transboundary rivers causes a competition among them for more water using. usually, stakeholders prefer to overuse from their water rights because of unreliability, risk aversion and short term approaches. iran, afghanistan and turkmenistan as common congruities on harirud always try to maximize their benefits f...