One of the problems with proposals for substantial institutional change in water systems is that modification and irreversibility make the process slow, cautious and costly to society. Experimental economics yields a formal and replicable system for analyzing alternative market structures, such as the ‘smart’ market, before they are actually implemented. For example, a ‘smart’ water market can ...

High accuracy in water demand predictions is an important basis for the rational allocation of city water resources and forms the basis for sustainable urban development. The shortage of water resources in Chongqing, the youngest central municipality in Southwest China, has significantly increased with the population growth and rapid economic development. In this paper, a new grey water-forecas...

To fairly distribute limited irrigation water resources in arid regions, a allocation priority evaluation method based on remote sensing data was proposed and integrated with an optimization model. First, the supply response unit divided according to canal system conditions. Then, spatialization used for generating spatial agricultural output value (income from planting industry) grain yield (y...

[1] Legal scholars and jurists have identified several criteria (e.g., hydrology, climate, population, and historical water use) to guide equitable allocation of transboundary rivers among riparian claimants. Are these criteria used in practice, such that a quantitative pattern emerges from actual water‐sharing agreements regarding factors affecting allocations? To address this, we study inters...