Water, energy and land, which are increasingly under pressure, are fundamental to human development and wellbeing.
A first assessment of the water and energy nexus in Spain was performed in 2009-2011. The results were published in a monograph on “Análisis y evaluación de las relaciones entre el agua y la energía en España” and in a scientific paper entitled “Evaluation of Spain’s Water-Energy Nexus“ (Hardy et al., 2012).
Subsequently, research on the water, land and energy nexus has been deepened, participating in the project “Characterization of the water-energy-land nexus in Spain and Europe” sponsored by the Canal de Isabel II Foundation (2014-2015). The results are summarized in the publication ‘El nexo agua-energía-tierra: un análisis de la huella hídrica y energética de los regadíos en España‘.
Other publications include ‘Tarificación, asignación, rentabilidad y ahorro de agua: propuestas para un nuevo marco económico del regadío‘ (Doctoral thesis of Alarcón, co-directed by Juana and Garrido) and ‘Is the rebound effect or Jevons paradox a useful concept for better management of water resources? Insights from the irrigation modernization process in Spain‘ (Dumont et al., 2013).
