Impacts of Urbanization and Intensification of Agriculture on Transboundary Aquifers: A Case Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 170 - 185
• Main Authors: Hargrove, W.L., Sheng, Z., Granados, A., Heyman, J.M., Mubako, S.T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Middleburg Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agriculture; Aquifers; Decision trees; Elephants; Groundwater; Groundwater depletion; Jurisdiction; land use change; Surface water; transboundary aquifers; Transboundary waters; Urbanization; Water rights; Water use; Mexico; New Mexico; United States > US; Texas

The objectives were to (1) delineate the complex set of rules governing the fate and transfer of water rights as agricultural land is urbanized in Texas and New Mexico in the United States and Chihuahua in Mexico and (2) estimate the change in water use as a result of such urbanization. Important ad...