79538 20200716101423.0 doi 10.1007/s11269-019-02254-3 sideral 111679 ART-2019-111679 eng Crespo, Daniel Tradeoffs between water uses and environmentalflows: a hydroeconomic analysis in the Ebro basin 2019 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Environmental water uses and their social values have been mostly overlooked in traditional water management over the last few decades, and recently, the maintenance of environmental flows has been considered a key issue in water policies. Addressing the more sustainable management of water resources involves introducing new water allocation policies. However, these policies are often associated with tradeoffs across sectors, stakeholders, and spatial locations. This study aims to evaluate the tradeoffs and political economy aspects of allocating water among economic water uses and environmental flows in water-scarce river basins. An empirical analysis has been conducted in the Ebro River basin (Spain) as a case study, where an intense debate on the environmental flow allocation of the Ebro mouth is taking place. The study uses a hydroeconomic model that includes the major water uses in the Ebro to analyze the effects of different water allocation policies under combinations of water availability and environmental flow scenarios. The results of this study highlight the importance of assessing the opportunity costs and political implications of reallocating water from economic activities to the environment under impending climate change impacts. Moreover, the results indicate that well-functioning water allocation policies should be not only economically efficient but also socially acceptable to reduce the likelihood of failure of water reallocation to the environment. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/ECONATURA info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/INIA/RTA2014-00050-00-00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 2.924 2019 1.007 2019 ENGINEERING, CIVIL 28 / 134 = 0.209 2019 Q1 T1 Water Science and Technology 2019 Q1 WATER RESOURCES 25 / 94 = 0.266 2019 Q2 T1 Civil and Structural Engineering 2019 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0002-9074-2942 Albiac, Jose Universidad de Zaragoza Kahil, Taher (orcid)0000-0002-4485-3158 Esteban, Encarna Universidad de Zaragoza Baccour, Safa 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 33, 7 (2019), 2301–2317 Water resour. manag. WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 0920-4741 1482577 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79538/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 54519 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79538/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:79538 articulos driver 2020-07-16-08:42:39 ARTICLE