000108562 001__ 108562 000108562 005__ 20230519145420.0 000108562 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1007/s10640-021-00569-7 000108562 0248_ $$2sideral$$a125097 000108562 037__ $$aART-2021-125097 000108562 041__ $$aeng 000108562 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4485-3158$$aEsteban, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000108562 245__ $$aEcosystem shifts: implications for groundwater management 000108562 260__ $$c2021 000108562 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000108562 5203_ $$aFreshwater ecosystems provide a large number of benefits to society. However, extensive human activities threat the viability of these ecosystems, their habitats, and their dynamics and interactions. One of the main risks facing these systems is the overexploitation of groundwater resources that hinders the survival of several freshwater habitats. In this paper, we study optimal groundwater paths when considering freshwater ecosystems. We contribute to existing groundwater literature by including the possibility of regime shifts in freshwater ecosystems into a groundwater management problem. The health of the freshwater habitat, which depends on the groundwater level, presents a switch in its status that occurs when a critical water level (‘tipping point’) is reached. Our results highlight important differences in optimal extraction paths and optimal groundwater levels compared with traditional models. The outcomes suggest that optimal groundwater withdrawals are non-linear and depend on the critical threshold and the ecosystem’s health function. Our results show that the inclusion of regime shifts in water management calls for a reformulation of water policies to incorporate the structure of ecosystems and their interactions with the habitat. 000108562 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/INIA/RTA2017-00082-00-00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/JIUZ-2019-SOC-07 000108562 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000108562 590__ $$a4.955$$b2021 000108562 592__ $$a1.416$$b2021 000108562 594__ $$a5.7$$b2021 000108562 591__ $$aECONOMICS$$b54 / 382 = 0.141$$c2021$$dQ1$$eT1 000108562 593__ $$aManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law$$c2021$$dQ1 000108562 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$$b34 / 128 = 0.266$$c2021$$dQ2$$eT1 000108562 593__ $$aEconomics and Econometrics$$c2021$$dQ1 000108562 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000108562 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7793-7892$$aCalvo, E.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000108562 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9074-2942$$aAlbiac, J.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000108562 7102_ $$14000$$2415$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Análisis Económico$$cÁrea Fund. Análisis Económico 000108562 773__ $$g79, 3 (2021), 483-510$$pEnviron. resour. econ.$$tEnvironmental and Resource Economics$$x0924-6460 000108562 8564_ $$s2495295$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108562/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000108562 8564_ $$s1212141$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108562/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000108562 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:108562$$particulos$$pdriver 000108562 951__ $$a2023-05-18-14:06:33 000108562 980__ $$aARTICLE