International Journal of Water Resources Development

2011 - 2025

Current editor(s): Cecilia Tortajada

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Volume 41, issue 3, 2025

How to manage regime shifts: insights from a dryland social–ecological system pp. 513-539

Majid Rahimi, Mehdi Ghorbani and Khaled Ahmadaali

Towards water regionalism? Examining the linkages between water, infrastructures, and regionalism in Turkey pp. 540-562

Ramazan Caner Sayan, Arda Bilgen and Ayşegül Kibaroğlu

Transformative change of Jordan’s water system: reconfiguring competitive water users into mutual service providers pp. 563-579

Gerardo E. van Halsema, Chris Seijger, Maria Christoforidou, Gerlo Borghuis, Barteld J. Vervelde and Petra Hellegers

Collaborative multiscale water resources planning in England pp. 580-605

Ali Leonard, Jaime Amezaga, Richard Blackwell, Elizabeth Lewis, Chris Kilsby and Anna Murgatroyd

Water right society – a history review from Three-Valley of Hejin County, 1389–1947 pp. 606-624

Dajun Shen, Fei Fan and Tingting Zhang

Legal frameworks and mechanisms for resolving transboundary water disputes in Malaysia: insights from the Kedah-Penang Muda River dispute pp. 625-646

Muhammad Nazrul Abd Rani and Rasyikah Md Khalid

Tap water consumption choices in out-of-home settings: insights from a survey of German adults pp. 647-666

Jale Tosun, Marc Debus, Simon Schaub, Sina Klein, Ulrike Scherer, Timo Goeschl and Harald Horn

Tanker trucks in Chile: from the normalization of an emergency to the commodification of water pp. 667-687

Chloé Nicolas-Artero and Gustavo Blanco-Wells

Depoliticizing disasters: the need to break down water bureaucracy with the changing climate in South Asia pp. 688-696

Anamika Barua, Protiva Adhikary and Sumit Vij

Volume 41, issue 2, 2025

Critical reflections on transforming smallholder irrigation systems from dysfunctional to functional climate smart agricultural systems pp. 223-228

Henning Bjornlund, Karen Parry, Andre van Rooyen and Jamie Pittock

Reviewing the Green Revolution strategy in view of lessons from Mexico and India – Africa pp. 229-273

Vibeke Bjornlund and Henning Bjornlund

Adapting smallholder irrigation systems to extreme events: a case of the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa (TISA) project in Zimbabwe pp. 274-297

Martin Moyo, Thabani Dube, Andre van Rooyen, Henning Bjornlund, Karen Parry, Michael Wellington, Peter Ramshaw and Jamie Pittock

Climate change adaptation benefits from rejuvenated irrigation farming systems in Mozambique pp. 298-324

Miguel Tafula, Mário Chilundo, Wilson de Sousa, Henning Bjornlund, Jamie Pittock, Peter Ramshaw and Michael Wellington

Climate change adaptation benefits from rejuvenated irrigation systems at Kiwere and Magozi schemes in Tanzania pp. 325-349

Makarius Mdemu, Luitfred Kissoly, Emmanuel Kimaro, Henning Bjornlund, Peter Ramshaw, Jamie Pittock, Michael Wellington and Sophia Bongole

The impact of COVID-19 and capacities of farmers in small-scale irrigation schemes in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 350-373

Henning Bjornlund, Karen Parry, Luitfred Kissoly, Thabani Dube, Angeline Mujeyi, Wilson de Sousa, Jamie Pittock and Vibeke Bjornlund

Women, youth, and tail-end users: improving the livelihoods of disadvantaged irrigators in southern Africa pp. 374-401

Karen Parry, Henning Bjornlund, Makarius Mdemu, Thabani Dube and Miguel Tafula

Youth living around irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe: their livelihoods and role in the local economy pp. 402-427

Karen Parry

Soil water sensors that display colours as thresholds for action pp. 428-446

Richard Stirzaker and Matthew Driver

Application of social network analysis in determining innovation information exchange at irrigation schemes in Zimbabwe pp. 447-465

Xolile Ncube and Jamie Pittock

Agricultural innovation platforms for scaling innovations – insights from the Transforming Irrigation in Southern Africa project pp. 466-488

Xolile Ncube, James Pittock, Henning Bjornlund and Andre van Rooyen

Agroecology and circular food systems: decoupling natural resource use from rural development in sub-Saharan Africa? pp. 489-511

Andre van Rooyen, Henning Bjornlund, Martin Moyo, Jamie Pittock, Karen Parry and Angeline Mujeyi

Volume 41, issue 1, 2025

A perspective on sustainability and environmental challenges in the Caspian Sea pp. 1-8

Stefanos Xenarios, Serik Orazgaliyev, Ali Torabi Haghighi and Bjorn Kløve

Determining factors for changes in the ice regime of the Caspian Sea pp. 9-30

Zhanar Naurozbayeva, Aziza Baubekova, Anastasia Kvasha, Vladimir Lobanov, Bjorn Kløve and Ali Torabi Haghighi

Climate change impacts on temperature and precipitation over the Caspian Sea pp. 31-56

S. Mahya Hoseini, Mohsen Soltanpour and Mohammad R. Zolfaghari

Modelling extreme precipitation projections under the effects of climate change: case study of the Caspian Sea pp. 57-77

Sogol Moradian, Salem Gharbia, Ali Torabi Haghighi and Indiana A. Olbert

Satellite-based phenology analysis of the Hyrcanian forest in the Alborz mountains and Caspian Sea shores, Iran pp. 78-101

Sahand Ghadimi, AmirHossein Ahrari, Epari Ritesh Patro, Mahdi Akbari, Kiomars Sefidi, Bjorn Klöve and Ali Torabi Haghighi

The spatiotemporal variability of phytoplankton phenology in the Caspian Sea (an ecoregion-based approach) pp. 102-128

Forough Fendereski

Navigating risk in Caspian sturgeon conservation: mapping manager risk perceptions with species conservation measures pp. 129-151

Callie Berman

Assessing socio-economic and natural vulnerability to oil spills: a case study of Azerbaijan’s Caspian shoreline pp. 152-175

Jessica Neafie, Maira Albakassova and Emil Bayramov

Towards multi-modal oil spill detection and coverage in the Caspian Sea: a comprehensive approach pp. 176-203

Alpamys Pentayev, Amirhossein Ahrari, Aziza Baubekova, Maksat Faizuldanov, Nurzhan Nurtayev, Alireza Sharifi, Ali Torabi Haghighi, Stefanos Xenarios and Siamac Fazli

Assessing the tourism efficiency in the Caspian Sea region pp. 204-221

Ruslan Nurmatov, Simeon Nanovsky, Xose Luis Fernandez Lopez, Pedro Pablo Coto Millan and David Paz Saavedra

Volume 40, issue 6, 2024

Managing climate risks: new evidence from integrated analysis at the basin scale pp. 915-939

Safa Baccour, Jose Albiac, Frank Ward, Taher Kahil, Encarna Esteban, Javier Uche, Elena Calvo and Daniel Crespo

Water valuation for economic development and climate planning pp. 940-966

Frank A. Ward

Evaluating river basin plans’ effects on water stress in Thailand’s economic development area pp. 967-988

Supatchaya Chuanpongpanich, Jutithep Vongphet, Thunwadee Tachapattaworakul Suksaroj, Bancha Kwanyuen, Songsak Puttrawutichai, Tawatchai Tingsanchali and Chaisri Suksaroj

Challenges in reintroducing fair market value to US public water/wastewater systems pp. 989-1005

T. J. McKiernan and Mildred E. Warner

Sustainable finance, water governance, and water policy objectives in Ontario municipalities pp. 1006-1031

Fabiola Alvarado-Revilla and Rob de Loë

Hydro-diplomacy on the Brahmaputra: examining the interplay of water, territorial claims, and infrastructure pp. 1032-1052

Mark Giordano and Anya Wahal

Exploring the challenges of people’s resettlement in China’s reservoirs: a historical perspective pp. 1053-1077

Xing Yang, Miao Hou, Zhihuan Wang, Fei Qi, Songgan Weng, Yan Ju and Wenye Zhang

Water privatization in England & Wales: past reasons, present problems & future prospects pp. 1078-1093

D. A. Lloyd Owen

Reasonable water management shift via Sefficiency in Sequity pp. 1094-1101

Naim Haie

Volume 40, issue 5, 2024

The evolution of the EU drinking water policy towards a source-to-mouth approach pp. 723-745

Delia M. Andries, Alberto Garrido and Lucia De Stefano

Post-water political-economics pp. 746-764

David Zetland

What does valuing water mean in practice? A case study from the Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, Kenya pp. 765-789

Christopher Schulz, Julia Martin-Ortega and Klaus Glenk

Different destinations, different outcomes: a comprehensive analysis of hotel water management in Madeira and Tenerife pp. 790-815

Natalia Antonova, Javier Mendoza-Jiménez and Inés Ruiz-Rosa

Polycentric governance and agroecological practices in the MENA region: insights from Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia pp. 816-831

Ariane Goetz, Hussam Hussein and Andreas Thiel

Climate change adaptation for drinking water and ecological flows through sustainable agricultural practices pp. 832-851

José Pedro Ramião, Cláudia Pascoal and Cláudia Carvalho-Santos

Quantifying the runoff reduction benefits of the ‘Grain for Green’ Programme using the VIC model pp. 852-870

Aying Shi, Ruichen Mao, Jinxi Song, Xiaoxin Li, Junqing Gao, Haotian Sun, Jiawei Zhao and Bingjie Li

Displacement-induced inequalities in Koto Panjang resettlement villages of Indonesia pp. 871-884

Endrizal Ridwan, Syafruddin Karimi, Fery Andrianus, Vima Tista Putriana and Betty Uspri

Hydraulic bureaucracy and irrigation management transfer: analysing the efficacy of two models in South-India pp. 885-905

K. Gulam Dasthagir

Constructed wetlands to treat polluted waters in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 906-914

Pablo A. Garcia-Chevesich, Lino Morales-Paredes, Giuliana Romero-Mariscal, Armando Arenazas-Rodriguez, Juana Ticona-Quea, Roberto Pizarro, Gary Vanzin and Jonathan O. Sharp

Volume 40, issue 4, 2024

Principles and legal tools for equitable water resource allocation: prioritization in South Africa pp. 555-577

Barbara van Koppen, Patience Mukuyu, Tumai Murombo, Inga Jacobs-Mata, Jennifer Molwantwa, John Dini, Tendai Sawunyama, Barbara Schreiner and Sipho Skosana

State-centric water governance and ineffective coordination: developing a context-sensitive assessment in Iran’s rentier state pp. 578-603

Ali Yousefi, Christian Knieper and Claudia Pahl-Wostl

Water balance and benefit sharing approach to reduce water deficit in an Indian river Basin pp. 604-626

Nitin Bassi and Vaibhav Chaturvedi

A story of hope and frustration: a wastewater-based agricultural frontier in the Algerian Sahara pp. 627-640

Sara Bekaddour, Tarik Hartani, Pierre–Louis Mayaux and Nassim Ait-Mouheb

Managing risks associated with environmental water delivery: a case study of the Goulburn River, Australia pp. 641-667

Lubna Meempatta, J. Angus Webb, Avril C. Horne, Louise A. Keogh and Michael J. Stewardson

The role of knowledge in the decision of Granada University students to drink bottled water pp. 668-685

Nazaret Ibáñez-Rueda, Pablo Moya-Fernández, Jorge Guardiola and Francisco González-Gómez

Small-scale desalination and atmospheric water provisioning systems in water-scarce vulnerable communities: status and perspectives pp. 686-717

Guilherme Baggio, Jan Adamowski, Victor James Hyde and Manzoor Qadir

‘Limited sovereignty’ or ‘community of interests’? A review of the Indus Water Kishenganga Awards pp. 718-722

Yangfan Wu

Volume 40, issue 3, 2024

Water resource management in agriculture for achieving food and water security in Asia pp. 319-322

Jeetendra Prakash Aryal, Dil Rahut, Tetsushi Sonobe, Cecilia Tortajada and Panharoth Chhay

Climate change and water-related threats in the Indian Sundarbans: food security and management implications pp. 323-344

Pritha Datta, Bhagirath Behera and Dil Rahut

Heterogeneous climate effect on crop yield and associated risks to water security in India pp. 345-378

Souryabrata Mohapatra, Dukhabandhu Sahoo, Auro Kumar Sahoo, Basil Sharp and Le Wen

Mechanization in land preparation and irrigation water productivity: insights from rice production pp. 379-400

Junpeng Li, Wanglin Ma, Julio Cesar Botero-R and Phong Quoc Luu

Groundwater governance under climate change in India: lessons based on evaluation of World Bank interventions pp. 401-424

Bekele A. Shiferaw, V. Ratna Reddy and Bharat Sharma

Farmers’ perceptions, adoption and impacts of integrated water management technology under changing climate pp. 425-447

Hongyun Zheng, Wanglin Ma, David Boansi and Victor Owusu

Can domestic wheat farming meet the climate change-induced challenges of national food security in Uzbekistan? pp. 448-462

Mashkhura Babadjanova, Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Maksud Bekchanov, Lena Kuhn and Thomas Glauben

Weather shocks, irrigation development and poverty: evidence from rural Northeast Thailand and Central Vietnam pp. 463-486

Manh Hung Do and Trung Thanh Nguyen

Climate variability, rainwater-harvesting structures and groundwater levels in Odisha, India: an empirical analysis pp. 487-505

Bhagirath Behera, Koushik Chowdhury, Tiyasa Mishra and Dil Rahut

Retrospective climate resilience assessment of semi-arid farming systems in India pp. 506-531

Arjuna Srinidhi, Saskia E. Werners, Dada Dadas, Marcella D’Souza, Fulco Ludwig and Miranda P. M. Meuwissen

Water retention for agricultural resilience in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: towards integrated ‘grey–green’ solutions pp. 532-553

Thong Anh Tran and Brian Robert Cook

Volume 40, issue 2, 2024

Malin Falkenmark: an extraordinary water scientist pp. 149-152

Asit K. Biswas

Water governance for water security: analysing institutional strengths and challenges in Finland pp. 153-173

Lauri Ahopelto, Suvi Sojamo, Antti Belinskij, Niko Soininen and Marko Keskinen

Understanding household attitudes to water conservation in Saudi Arabia: towards sustainable communities pp. 174-193

Abdulaziz I. Almulhim and Ismaila Rimi Abubakar

Individuals’ resistance to saving water: the cases of Argentina and Spain pp. 194-212

Francisco J. Sarabia-Sanchez, Juan Bruno and Isabel P. Riquelme

Is policy convergence required to improve women’s empowerment in agriculture? Evidence from West Bengal pp. 213-233

Sophie Lountain, Bethany Cooper, Lin Crase and Michael Burton

Water or mirage? Nightmare over dams and hydropower across Iran pp. 234-251

Ali Torabi Haghighi, Mehdi Mazaheri, Siamak Amiri, Sahand Ghadimi, Roohollah Noori, Mourad Oussalah, Alireza Gohari, Mojtaba Noury, Ali Akbar Hekmatzadeh and Björn Klöve

Measuring and decomposing profit efficiency changes of water utilities: a case study for Chile pp. 252-267

Manuel Mocholi-Arce, Ramon Sala-Garrido, Maria Molinos-Senante and Alexandros Maziotis

Water policy and legislative responses to climate change in the Czech Republic pp. 268-283

Hana Müllerová, Tereza Snopková and Jiří Zicha

Integrated assessment of water–energy–food nexus: conceptual framework and application to the Ping River basin, Thailand pp. 284-318

Kaushal Chapagain, Mukand S. Babel, Daniel Karthe and Jürgen Stamm

Volume 40, issue 1, 2024

Groundwater: an unseen, overused and unappreciated resource pp. 1-6

Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada

Projecting conflict risk in transboundary river basins by 2050 following different ambition scenarios pp. 7-32

Sophie Pieternel de Bruin, Susanne Schmeier, Rens van Beek and Marijn Gulpen

Waterways transformation and green stormwater infrastructure: enabling governance for Adelaide’s River Torrens Catchment, Australia pp. 33-56

Alhassan Ibrahim, Katharine Bartsch and Ehsan Sharifi

Water–tourism nexus research in the Mediterranean in the past two decades: a systematic literature review pp. 57-83

Sandra Ricart, Rubén Villar-Navascués, María Reyes, Antonio M. Rico-Amorós, María Hernández-Hernández, Elena Toth, Cristiana Bragalli, Mattia Neri and Bas Amelung

Urban water governance in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 84-104

Joyce Valdovinos and Karol Yañez Soria

Assessment of the economic and water leakage efficiency in Chilean urban water utilities pp. 105-122

Maria Molinos-Senante, Alexandros Maziotis, Ramon Sala-Garrido and Manuel Mocholi-Arce

Governance of technological innovations in water and energy use in Uzbekistan pp. 123-139

Ahmad Hamidov, Ulan Kasymov, Naiba Allahverdiyeva and Christian Schleyer

Salt for Mexico, fresh water for Arizona? A Mexican perspective on the project of a mega-desalination plant in the Gulf of California pp. 140-144

Nicolás Pineda-Pablos

Dead in the water: a very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe … the death of the Murray–Darling Basin pp. 145-148

R. Quentin Grafton