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• Ayars, J. E., Fulton, A., & Taylor, B. (2015). Subsurface drip irrigation in California—Here to stay? Agricultural Water Management, 157, 39–47. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2015.01.001
• Batchelor, C., Reddy, V. R., Linstead, C., Dhar, M., Roy, S., & May, R. (2014). Do water-saving technologies improve environmental flows? Journal of Hydrology, 518, Part A, 140–149. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.11.063
• Ben-Gal, A., Tal, A., & Tel-Zur, N. (2006). The Sustainability of Arid Agriculture: Trends and Challenges. Annals of Arid Zone, 45(2), 1–31.
• Bhaduri, A., & Manna, U. (2014). Impacts of Water Supply Uncertainty and Storage on Efficient Irrigation Technology Adoption. Natural Resource Modeling, 27(1), 1–24. http://doi.org/10.1111/nrm.12016
• Bickett, D. B. (2011). Evolution of Water Marketing in California: Formal vs. Informal Property Rights. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved from http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Bickett_berkeley_0028E_11983.pdf
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Butler, K. A. (2015). Reconfiguring spaces of capital in southern California: A political ecology of the Imperial Valley-San Diego County water transfer agreement. SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY. Retrieved from http://gradworks.umi.com/15/89/1589128.html

• California Agriculture Online. (n.d.). Retrieved October 4, 2015, from http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/landingpage.cfm?article=ca.v068n03p56&fulltext=yes

Cobourn, K. M. (2015). Externalities and Simultaneity in Surface Water-Groundwater Systems: Challenges for Water Rights Institutions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(3), 786–808. http://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aav001

• Dridi, C., & Khanna, M. (2005). Irrigation Technology Adoption and Gains from Water Trading under Asymmetric Information. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(2), 289–301. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00722.x

Erie, S. P., & Brackman, H. D. (2006). Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California. Stanford University Press.

• Evans, R. G., & Sadler, E. J. (2008). Methods and technologies to improve efficiency of water use. Water Resources Research, 44(7), W00E04. http://doi.org/10.1029/2007WR006200
• Fereres, E., & Soriano, M. A. (2007). Deficit irrigation for reducing agricultural water use. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58(2), 147–159. http://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erl165
• Fernandez, J., Hayes, K., Mak, K., Silvey, C., & Trigaux, D. (2015, March 13). Drinking Away the Future: Policy Solutions for a Sustainable Water Supply in the U.S. Retrieved from http://policychallenge-usa.org/uploads/3/1/5/9/3159875/2015_challenge_-_policy_memo_-_nationals_-_american_u.pdf
• Fischhendler, I., & Zilberman, D. (2005). Packaging policies to reform the water sector: The case of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. Water Resources Research, 41(7), W07024. http://doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003786
• Foster, T., Brozović, N., & Butler, A. P. (2015). Analysis of the impacts of well yield and groundwater depth on irrigated agriculture. Journal of Hydrology, 523, 86–96. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.01.032
• Frisvold, G. B., & Deva, S. (2012). Farm Size, Irrigation Practices, and Conservation Program Participation in the Us Southwest. Irrigation and Drainage, 61(5), 569–582. http://doi.org/10.1002/ird.1676
• García-Vila, M., Lorite, I. J., Soriano, M. A., & Fereres, E. (2008). Management trends and responses to water scarcity in an irrigation scheme of Southern Spain. Agricultural Water Management, 95(4), 458–468. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2007.11.009
• Geerts, S., & Raes, D. (2009). Deficit irrigation as an on-farm strategy to maximize crop water productivity in dry areas. Agricultural Water Management, 96(9), 1275–1284. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.009
• Griffin, R. C. (2006). Achieving Water Use Efficiency in Irrigation Districts. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 132(6), 434–442. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2006)132:6(434)
• Hall, M. P. (2014, October 3). Irrigators’ Perception and Intention towards Water Re-allocation Policies in Southern Alberta (Thesis). Lethbridge Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geography. Retrieved from http://www.uleth.ca/dspace/handle/10133/3515
• Hanemann, M. (2014). Property rights and sustainable irrigation—A developed world perspective. Agricultural Water Management, 145, 5–22. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.07.001
• Hodbod, J., & Eakin, H. (2015). Adapting a social-ecological resilience framework for food systems. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 5(3), 474–484. http://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-015-0280-6
• Hoffman, S. J., PytlikZillig, L. M., Lynne, G. D., Tomkins, A. J., Hu, Q. S., Hayes, M. J., … Wilhite, D. A. (2004, August 9). Improving Scientific Understanding of Climate Forecast and Information Usage among Agricultural Producers: The Social Psychology Theory of Planned Behavior. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth_Hubbard/publication/237387879_Improving_Scientific_Understanding_of_Climate_Forecast_and_Information_Usage_among_Agricultural_Producers_The_Social_Psychology_Theory_of_Planned_Behavior/links/02e7e525ec7c2f0aed000000.pdf
• Howell, T. A. (2001). Enhancing Water Use Efficiency in Irrigated Agriculture. Agronomy Journal, 93(2), 281. http://doi.org/10.2134/agronj2001.932281x
• Howitt, R. E., Medellin-Azuara, J., MacEwan, D., Lund, J. R., & Sumner, D. A. (n.d.). Economic Analysis of the 2014 Drought for California Agriculture. Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California-Davis. Retrieved from http://meteora.ucsd.edu/cap/pdffiles/Howitt2014_Economics_CA_2014drought.pdf
• Hsiao, T. C., Steduto, P., & Fereres, E. (2007). A systematic and quantitative approach to improve water use efficiency in agriculture. Irrigation Science, 25(3), 209–231. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-007-0063-2
• Huffaker, R., & Whittlesey, N. (2003). A Theoretical Analysis of Economic Incentive Policies Encouraging Agricultural Water Conservation. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 19(1), 37–53. http://doi.org/10.1080/713672724
• Jensen, C. R., Ørum, J. E., Pedersen, S. M., Andersen, M. N., Plauborg, F., Liu, F., & Jacobsen, S.-E. (2014). A Short Overview of Measures for Securing Water Resources for Irrigated Crop Production. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 200(5), 333–343. http://doi.org/10.1111/jac.12067
• Karami, E., & Keshavarz, M. (2010). Sociology of Sustainable Agriculture. In E. Lichtfouse (Ed.), Sociology, Organic Farming, Climate Change and Soil Science (pp. 19–40). Springer Netherlands. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-3333-8_2
• Kirby, M., Bark, R., Connor, J., Qureshi, M. E., & Keyworth, S. (2014). Sustainable irrigation: How did irrigated agriculture in Australia’s Murray–Darling Basin adapt in the Millennium Drought? Agricultural Water Management, 145, 154–162. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.013
• Lankford, B. (2013). Resource Efficiency Complexity and the Commons: The Paracommons and Paradoxes of Natural Resource Losses, Wastes and Wastages. Routledge.
• Leviston, Z., Browne, A. L., & Greenhill, M. (2013). Domain-based perceptions of risk: a case study of lay and technical community attitudes toward managed aquifer recharge. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43(6), 1159–1176. http://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12079
• López-Mata, E., Tarjuelo, J. M., de Juan, J. A., Ballesteros, R., & Domínguez, A. (2010). Effect of irrigation uniformity on the profitability of crops. Agricultural Water Management, 98(1), 190–198. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2010.08.006
• Lund, J. R., & Harter, T. (2014, August 27). Groundwater reform more important than water bond. Retrieved from http://californiawaterblog.com/2014/08/27/groundwater-reform-more-important-than-water-bond/
• Lund, J. R., & Medellin-Azuara, J. (2015). California and Drought—2014 and the Future. In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015 (pp. 2073–2080). American Society of Civil Engineers. Retrieved from http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784479162.204
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• Maganda, C. (2005). Collateral Damage: How the San Diego-Imperial Valley Water Agreement Affects the Mexican Side of the Border. The Journal of Environment & Development, 14(4), 486–506. http://doi.org/10.1177/1070496505282668
• Medellin-Azuara, J., Harou, J. J., & Howitt, R. E. (2010). Estimating economic value of agricultural water under changing conditions and the effects of spatial aggregation. Science of the Total Environment, 408(23), 5639–5648.
• Medellín-Azuara, J., Howitt, R. E., & Harou, J. J. (2012). Predicting farmer responses to water pricing, rationing and subsidies assuming profit maximizing investment in irrigation technology. Agricultural Water Management, 108, 73–82. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.017
• Medellín-Azuara, J., MacEwan, D., Howitt, R. E., Koruakos, G., Dogrul, E. C., Brush, C. F., … Lund, J. R. (2015). Hydro-economic analysis of groundwater pumping for irrigated agriculture in California’s Central Valley, USA. Hydrogeology Journal, 23(6), 1205–1216. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-015-1283-9
• Medellin-Azuara, J., Vergati, J. A., Sumner, D. A., Howitt, R. E., & Lund, J. R. (2012, August). Analysis of effects of reduced supply of water on agricultural production and irrigation water use in Southern California. University of California Agricultural Issues Center. Retrieved from http://aic.ucdavis.edu/publications/water%20socal_final_0822.pdf
• Michaelsen, A. M., McGuckin, J. T., Taylor, R. G., & Huffaker, R. G. (1998, May 20). Irrigation District Adoptino of Water Conserving Rate Structures. Retrieved from http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/20964/1/spmich01.pdf
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• Montoro, A., López-Fuster, P., & Fereres, E. (2010). Improving on-farm water management through an irrigation scheduling service. Irrigation Science, 29(4), 311–319. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-010-0235-3
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• Olen, B., & Wu, J. (2015, July 26). Impacts of Water Scarcity and Climate on Land Use for Irrigated Agriculture in the U.S. West Coast. Retrieved from http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/205719/2/Land%20Use%20in%20the%20WC%20%28Olen%20and%20Wu%29.pdf
• Olen, B., Wu, J., & Langpap, C. (2012, August 12). Crop-Specific Irrigation Choices for Major Crops on the West Coast: Water Scarcity and Climate Determinants. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christian_Langpap/publication/241750349_Crop-specific_Irrigation_Choices_for_Major_Crops_on_the_West_Coast_Water_Scarcity_and_Climatic_Determinants/links/54298f940cf277d58e86f7dc.pdf
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