Watch: New developments in hydro-economic models (HEMs) for policy analysis
In case you missed it, find here the recording of the seminar presentation held 7 May 2025.
Speaker: Prof. Frank A. Ward | New Mexico State University (NMSU), United States. Moderator: Dist. Prof. Emer. Ariel Dinar | University of California, Riverside (UCR), United States.
This talk reviews recent advances in the motivation, conceptualisation, development, application and assessment of hydro-economic models (HEMs), for which these models are implemented by conducting a hydro-economic analysis (HEA). It addresses policy debates informed by HEMs, recent achievements in the scientific literature performed using HEMs and future improvements desired in HEA. Access the paper: Hydroeconomic analysis: History, status, and possibilities. Frank A. Ward in Water Economics and Policy, 10(04), 2024. More
This seminar is part of the UCT-UCR Seminar Series: Water Economics and Politics, a collaboration between the University of Cape Town (UCT) and University of California, Riverside (UCR). Subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates on upcoming sessions.