TY - JOUR
T1 - Adoption of irrigation water policies to guarantee water supply: A choice experiment
AU - Alcón, F.
AU - Tapsuwan, Sorada
AU - Brouwer, R.
AU - De Miguel, M.D.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. More efficient and sustainable use of water is increasingly becoming an urgency in drought prone parts of the world. In particular, in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean, water supply is expected to become more uncertain because of climate change. Consequently, pro-active policy initiatives are proposed to increase supply reliability. Local context is important when the effectiveness of policies is assessed. The aim of this paper is to evaluate farmers' acceptance of policy strategies to increase water supply reliability in the Segura, a water scarce river basin in the south-east of Spain. Results from a choice experiment suggest that farmers are willing to pay twice as much as their current irrigation water price to ensure water supply reliability through government supply guaranteed programs. However, they are averse to any institutional changes that might assist the government to achieve increased water supply.
AB - © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. More efficient and sustainable use of water is increasingly becoming an urgency in drought prone parts of the world. In particular, in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean, water supply is expected to become more uncertain because of climate change. Consequently, pro-active policy initiatives are proposed to increase supply reliability. Local context is important when the effectiveness of policies is assessed. The aim of this paper is to evaluate farmers' acceptance of policy strategies to increase water supply reliability in the Segura, a water scarce river basin in the south-east of Spain. Results from a choice experiment suggest that farmers are willing to pay twice as much as their current irrigation water price to ensure water supply reliability through government supply guaranteed programs. However, they are averse to any institutional changes that might assist the government to achieve increased water supply.
U2 - 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.08.012
DO - 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.08.012
M3 - Article
SN - 1462-9011
VL - 44
SP - 226
EP - 236
JO - Environmental Science & Policy
JF - Environmental Science & Policy
ER -
