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Facing Future Water Scarcity in the Duero-Douro Basin: Comparative Effect of Policy Measures on Irrigation Water Availability

Publicated to: JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 146 (4): 04020011- - 2020-04-01 146(4), DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001183

Authors:

Sordo-Ward, A; Bejarano, MD; Granados, I; Garrote, L
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Civil Engn Hydraul Energy & Environm, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Nat Resources, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
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Abstract

© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers. This study presents an analysis of possible policy measures to face water scarcity for agriculture in a long-term climate projection (2070-2100). Water availability was computed with the Water Availability and Adaptation Policy Analysis (WAAPA) model. WAAPA simulates water management in a basin at a monthly time scale, accounting for streamflow, reservoir storage, evaporation, and environmental flows. Focus was placed on urban and irrigation demands. Water was first allocated to urban demands (assumed as a priority), and the remaining water resources were allocated to irrigation. First, this availability was compared to an estimated projected evolution of water withdrawals to identify potential conflicts over water supply. If insufficient water was available to satisfy all irrigation demands, policy measures, such as increasing reservoir storage, improving the efficiency of urban water use, and changing the environmental flow allocation, were applied and their effects on irrigation water availability analyzed. The analysis of the Duero-Douro (Spain-Portugal) Basin showed that, although the expected impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture are high, several policy options can partially compensate for those impacts. Comparatively, a change in environmental flow requirements was the policy measure that most affected Duero-Douro Basin management.
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Keywords

Adaptation policy measuresClimate changeClimate-change impactsDemandsIrrigation water availabilityManagementModelsRegional waterResourcesStrategiesSystemsWater availability and adaptation policy analysis (waapa) modelWater managementWater resources

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Civil and Structural Engineering. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • Google Scholar: 7
  • WoS: 7
  • Scopus: 7
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 37 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/94588/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 24
  • Downloads: 3
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SORDO WARD, ALVARO FRANCISCO) and Last Author (GARROTE DE MARCOS, LUIS MARIA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SORDO WARD, ALVARO FRANCISCO.

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