Professor Henning Bjornlund 

Henning Bjornlund holds two academic positions; he is a Canada Research Chair in Water Policy and Management at University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada and an Associate Research Professor at the University of South Australia. He has researched water management and policy issues in Australia since 1993 and in Canada since 2005. His research has been continuously funded by bodies such as the Australian Research Council, Land and Water Australia, SSHRC, the Canadian Water Network, the Royal Geographical Society in London, and the Alberta Water Research Institute. He recently served on the Ministers Advisory Group on Water Allocation and Management in Alberta. Henning has written widely about water policy and management issues with more than 200 publications. In 2008 the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in London published his report ‘Water Scarcity and its implication for land management - Some lessons from Australia’ to inform its 140,000 members worldwide about the implications of new water policy reforms for their professions. His new edited book ‘Incentives and Instruments for Sustainable Irrigation’ has just been released by WITPress, Southampton and in April 2010 the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto will release his Commentary ‘Sustainable Water Management - Striking the balance between social, environmental and economic needs’.

http://www.waterresearch.net/

Australian Water Association

International Water Association

River Basin Management Society

Pacific Rim Real Estate Society

International Water Resources Economics Consortium

International Association of Agricultural Economists

International Water Resources Association

Canadian Water Resouces Association

Canadian Agricultural Economics Association

Bachelor of Business in Property (Valuation), University of South Australia

PhD in Business and Management, University of South Australia

• My area of research is water resources management. I am presently working on a project funded by the Australian Research Council and five industry participants to investigate various aspects of water markets such as their best application to buy water for the environment. Over the last 15 years I have worked on one ARC SPIRT project and two ARC Linkage grants funded by the Australian Research Counci and two projects funded by the Land and Water Australia. These projects have all had to do with evaluating the socio-economic impact of water markets and to develop a policy framework for a more efficiently working market. Currently I am also working on two projects funded by the Alberta Water Research Institute. One project involves identifying the best and most acceptable way of facilitating a reallocation of water from existing users to new users including the environment and assessing their likely acceptance as well as their socioeconomic impacts. The second project investigates various issues associated with the provision of eco-system services including how to value them and how best to design and implement them in such a way that they are acceptable both in the supply and demand side.
• The implication of water market policies on the valuation of farm land
• Water Policies related to un-regulated rivers and groundwater aquifers
• Water policies and developing countries

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Associate Professor Bjornlund has 228 publications or presentations either published or accepted for publication, 100 of these are refereed publications. In addition there are a number of publications under review or in the workings.

BOOKS, THESES, BOOK CHAPTERS, BOOK REVIEWS, PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS

Monograph/books/edited proceedings:

Bjornlund, H. Ed. (2010): Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation. WITPress, Series: Progress in Water Resources, Southampton, January

Bjornlund, H. (2010): Sustainable Water management - Striking the balance between social, environmental and economic needs. Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto, forthcoming

Bjornlund, H. (2008): Water Scarcity and its implication for land management; Some lessons from Australia. Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors, London

Thesis:

Bjornlund, H. (1999): Water Trade Policies as a Component of Environmentally, Socially and Economically Sustainable Water Use in Rural Southeastern Australia. Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of doctor of philosophy, University of South Australia, Adelaide.

Book Review

Loch, A. and Bjornlund, H. (in print): Review of Conflict, Cooperation and Institutions in International Water Management; An Economic Analysis by I. Dombrowsky. Advances in Ecological Economics Series, edited by Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK and Northampton MA, USA, 2007, Review for Journal of Land Use Policy

Book chapters:

Loch, A and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Trade Influences in Australian Allocation Market: Can Allocations Provide Environmental Water. In Brebbia, Marinov and Bjornlund Eds Sustainable Irrigation III, WITPress Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Southampton

Bjornlund, V. and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Sustainable Irrigation – A new challenge?. In Brebbia, Marinov and Bjornlund Eds. Sustainable Irrigation III, WITPress Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Southampton

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2010): The drought, the irrigators, and their photographs; Images from the inside. In Brebbia, Marinov and Bjornlund Eds. Sustainable Irrigation III, WITPress Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Southampton

Kerr, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Alberta: The Opportunities for Using Market Based instruments for the provision of Ecosystem Services. In Brebbia, Marinov and Bjornlund Eds. Sustainable Irrigation III, WITPress

Wheeler, S; Bjornlund, H.; Olsen, T.; Klein, K. And Nicol, L. (2010): Modelling the adoption of different types of irrigation water technology in Alberta, Canada. In Brebbia, Marinov and Bjornlund Eds. Sustainable Irrigation III, WITPress

Bjornlund, H. (2010): Sustainable Irrigation setting the scene, Chapter 1 in Bjornlund Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, 1-9.

Bjornlund, V. and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Sustainable Irrigation - a historical perspective. Chapter 2 in Bjornlund.H. Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, 11-23

de Loe, R, and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Governance and he challenges of food and water security Chapter 4 in Bjornlund, H. Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, 39-56

Kuehne. G. and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Non-profit maximizing values and attitudes influencing irrigators’ management response to new policy instruments. Chapter 6 in Bjornlund, H. Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, 71-85

Shanahan, M.; Wheeler, S.; and Bjornlund, H. (2010): Towards more sustainable irrigation: factors influencing allocation and entitlement prices and demand in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District of Australia. Chapter 7 in Bjornlund, H. Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, 87-101.

Nicol, L., Bjornlund H and Klein, K. (2010): Towards Sustainable Irrigation – Economic Instruments to Save and Reallocate Water in Private and District Irrigation in Alberta, Canada. Chapter 12 in Bjornlund, H. Ed. Incentives and instruments for Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, 169-184

Bjornlund, H (in press): Tradable permits - instruments to manage water scarcity? Some Australian experiences. In Hansjürgens, B.; Antes, R. and Keudel, M. Eds. Permit Trading in Different Applications, Routledge

Edwards, J; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2009): Community and socio-economic impact of corporate purchase of water: Lessons from Australia. In Brebbia, C. And Popov, V. Eds. Water Resources Management V. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment (125), 303-312.

Bjornlund, H. and Kuehne, K. (2009): Water Soft-Path – the Australian Way. Chapter 16 in Brandes, M.; Brooks, D. And Gurman, S. Eds. Living with the water that is available – The Soft-Path approach to water management. Earthscan, London, 218-224

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Feedlot operation problems from floods in southern Alberta: A Canadian case study. In Zamorany, M.; Brebbia, C.A.; Kungolos, V.; Popov, V. and Itoh, H. Eds Waste Management and the Environment IV. Southampton, WIT Press, Transaction on Ecology and the Environment vol 109, 879-887.

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Farmstead drinking water sources, concerns and safety practices of livestock farm families in southern Alberta, Canada. In Rico, D.P.; Brebbia, C.A. and Esteve, Y.V. Water Pollution IX. Southampton, WIT Press, Transaction on Ecology and the Environment vol. 111, 627-636

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Water contamination and water use practices on feedlot farms and rural households in southern Alberta. In Palanisami,K.; Neupane, B. and Thangarajan, N. Eds. Groundwater Quality and Environment. McMillan Advanced Research Series, McMillan India Ltd, New Delhi, 258-63.

Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M. and Zuo, A. (2008): Factors Influencing Water Allocation and Entitlement Prices in the Greater Goulburn Area in Australia. In Esteve, Y.V.; Brebbia, C.A. and Rico, C.P Eds. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies II. WIT Press, Southampton. Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Volume 112, 63-72.

de Loe, R. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Irrigation and Water Security: The Role of Economic Instruments and Governance. . In Esteve, Y.V.; Brebbia, C.A. and Rico, C.P Eds. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies II. WIT Press, Southampton. Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Volume 112, 35-42

Bjornlund, H. Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2008): Economic Instrument and Irrigation Water Management – A Comparative Study of Private and District Irrigators in Alberta, Canada. . n Esteve, Y.V.; Brebbia, C.A. and Rico, C.P Eds. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies II. WIT Press, Southampton. Transaction on Ecology and the Environment, Volume 112, 3-14.

Bjornlund, H. (2007): Do markets promote more efficient and higher value water use? Tracing evidence over time in an Australian water market. In Brebbia, C.A. and Kungolos, A.G. Eds. Water Resources Management. Southampton: WITPress, Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 103, 477-488

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H. (2007): Health impacts of the 2005 flood events on feedlot farm families in southern Alberta, Canada. In Brebbia, C.A. and Kungolos, A.G. Eds. Water Resources Management, 253.262 Southampton: WITPress. Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 103.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2006): “Custodians” or “Investors” – classifying irrigators in Australia’s Namoi Valley. In Lorenzini, G. and Brebbia, C.A. eds. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies. Southampton: WITPress, Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 96, 225-236.

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Increased participation in Australian Water Markets. In Lorenzini, G. and Brebbia, C.A. eds. Sustainable Irrigation Management, Technologies and Policies. Southampton: WITPress, Transactions on Ecology and the Environment Vol. 96, 289-302.

Bjornlund, H (2005): Water Markets as drought mitigation and water demand management tools. In Matthew, K. and Nhapi, I. Eds. Water and Wastewater Management for Developing Countries. IWA Water and Environment management Series. London, 257-70.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2003): Elements of an Institutional Framework for Management of Water for Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries. In Ünver, O.; Gupta, R.; and Kibaroğlu, A. Eds. Water Development for Poverty Reduction. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Natural Resource Management and Policy Series, Chapter 5, 87–110

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1998): Overcoming the Introspective Legacy of Tradeable Water Entitlement Policies in South Eastern Australia. In Just, R. and Netanyahu, S. Eds. Conflict and Cooperation on Trans-Boundary Water Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Natural Resource Management and Policy Series, Chapter 18, 315–332.

Refereed Journals

Loch, A.; Bjornlund, H. and Kuehne, G. (2010): Water Trade Alternatives in the face of climate change. Management of Environmental Quality, March

Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H.; Shanahan, M. and Zuo, A. (2009): Who trades water? Evidence of the characteristics of early adopters in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District, Australia 1998-99. Agricultural Economics, 40, 631-43.

Bjornlund, H. and Shanahan, M (2009): Comparing Implicit and Explicit Water Prices during the Early Years of Water Trading in Australia. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 15(3), 278-302.

Grant Kalischuk, Ruth, Acharya, Manju P., Klein, Kurt. K. & Bjornlund, H. (2009): Drinking Water Supply and Human Health: Alberta Feedlot Operators’ and Family Members’ Perspectives, Journal of Environmental Research and Development 3(4), 951-58.

Taylor, B.; de Loe, R.; Kreutzwiser, R. and Bjornlund, H. (2009): Local groundwater management studies in Ontario, Canada: A case for retaining a role for the state in community-based water research. Australian Journal of Water Resources 13(1):69-80.

Bjornlund, H. (2009): Is water and land redistribution a driver of economic growth and poverty reduction? Lessons from Zimbabwe, Water International 32(2), 1-13

Bjornlund, H.; Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2009): The Adoption of Improved Irrigation Technology and Management Practices – A Study of Two Irrigation Districts in Alberta, Canada. Journal of Agricultural Water Management 96, 121-131.

Kuehne, G; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2008): Identifying common traits among Australia Irrigators using cluster analysis. Water Science and Technology 58(3), 587-595

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Time and Timing: Exploring Farmers’ Reluctance to Use Web-based Discussion Groups. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (3)

Nicol, L., Klein, K., and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Permanent Transfers of water rights: A study of the southern Alberta market. Prairie Forum 33(2), 341-56

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): The influence of irrigator’s attitudes and objectives on their decision making Hydrological Research Letters, 2, 27-31

Nicol, L, Bjornlund, H and Klein, K. (2008): Improved Technologies and management practices in irrigation – implications for water savings in Southern Alberta. Canadian Water Resources Journal, 33(3), 283-294

Edwards, J.; Cheers, B.; and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Social, economic and community impacts of water markets in Australia’s Murray Darling Basin region. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2(6), 1-10.

Bjornlund, H. Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2008): Implementing Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy: An Irrigation Industry Perspective. Prairie Forum 33(1), 167-190.

Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H.; Shanahan, M.; and Zuo, A. (2008): Price elasticity of irrigation water demand in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District of Victoria, Australia. The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 52, 37-55

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H (2007): Do Water Contamination Reports Influence Water Use Practices on Feedlot Farms and Rural Households in Southern Alberta? Canadian Water Resources Journal 32(3), 213-226.

Bjornlund, H.; Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2007): Challenges in Implementing Economic Instruments to Manage Irrigation Water on Farms in Southern Alberta. Journal of Agricultural Water Management 92, 131-141

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2007): Fundamentals Determining Prices in the Market for Water Entitlements – An Australian case study. International Journal of Water Resources Development 23(3), 537-553.

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2007): Tracing evidence of rational investor behaviour in water markets. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 13 (3), 344-360

Kuehne, G.; Bjornlund, H.; and Cheers, B. (2007): There is more than one type of farmers. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2 (2), 179-186.

Bjornlund, H. (2006) Can water markets assist irrigators managing increased supply risk? Some Australian Experiences. Water International, 31(2), 221-232.

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Water Markets – Economic instruments to manage Scarcity. Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences 11(1), 11-20.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2006): Frustration, Confusion and Uncertainty: Qualitative responses from Namoi Valley Irrigators. Water 33(3), 78-82 (the Journal of the Australian Water Association)

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Irrigators and the new policy paradigm – an Australian case study, Water Policy 7(6), 581-596

Bjornlund, H. and O’Callaghan, B. (2005): A comparison of implicit values and explicit prices of water. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 11(3), 316-331

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2005): Fundamentals determining prices and activities in the market for temporary water. The International Journal of Water Resources Development 21(2), 355-69

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2005): Is investments in water entitlements a rational option? Australian Property Journal 38(6), 464-472.

Bjornlund, H. (2004): What impedes water markets? Water 31(7), 47–51

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Formal and informal water markets – Drivers of sustainable rural communities? Water Resources Research 40, W09S07.

Bjornlund, H. Rossini, P. (2004): Factors influencing prices paid in the market for temporary water. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 10(4), 400-419.

Bjornlund, H. and O’Callaghan, B. (2004): Property implications of the separation of land and water rights. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal 10(1), 54–8.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): What is driving activities in water markets? Water 30(7), 30–36.

Bjornlund, H (2003): Farmer Participation in markets for temporary and permanent water in southeastern Australia. Agricultural Water Management 63(1), 57–76.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Efficient water market mechanisms to cope with water scarcity. The International Journal of Water Resources Development 19(4), 553–567

Bjornlund, H. (2002): Signs of Maturity in Australian Water Markets New Zealand Property Journal, July, 31–46

Bjornlund, H. (2002): The socio-economic structure of irrigation communities – water markets and the structural adjustment process. Journal of Rural Society 12(2), 123–145

Bjornlund H and McKay, J. (2002): Aspects of Water Markets for Developing Countries – Experiences from Australia, Chile and the US. Journal of Environment and Development Economics 7(4), 767–793.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (2001): Current Issues and Future Directions for Australian Water Market Policies. Water, 28(2), 74–78

McKay, J. and Bjornlund, H. (2001): Recent Australian Market Mechanisms as a Component of an Environmental Policy that can make Choices between Sustainability and Social Justice. The Journal of Social Justice Research 14(4), 387–403.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2000): Do Water Markets Promote a Socially Equitable Reallocation of Water? A Case Study of Rural Water Markets in Victoria Australia, Rivers 7(2), 139–152

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1999): Water Markets: Buyers and Sellers Perception. Water 26(2), 41–45.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1999): Do Permanent Water Markets Facilitate Farm Adjustment and Structural Change within Irrigation Communities? Rural Society 9(3), 555–72.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1998): Factors Affecting Water Prices in a Rural Water Market: A South Australian Experience. Water Resources Research 34(6), 1563–1570.

Non-refereed Journals

Bjornlund, H. (2008): Water scarcity: the challenges for land managers and property professionals. The Australian and New Zealand Property Journal, September.

Nicol, L. Bjornlund, H. and Klein, K. (2008): Irrigators and Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy – Issues and Challenges. Irrigating Alberta 12(1), 18-19

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund K (2007): Water Sharing Plans: Issues from the Namoi Valley. Irrigation (the Journal of the Irrigation Association of Australia)

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Recent and Emerging Water Policy reforms in Australia. Current Agriculture, Food and Resources Issues 7, 32-43

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Half a billion dollars – What about a water bank. Water 31(5), 18–19.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1996): Transferable Water Entitlements - Early Lessons from South Australia, Water 23(5): 39–43

Bjornlund, H. (1995): Water Policies and their Influence on Land Uses and Land Values. The Angas-Bremar Proclaimed Region: A Case Study. Property Management, 13(2), 14–20.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1995): Can Water Trading Achieve Environmental Goals, Water, 22(5), 31–34.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2010): Climate Change, Water Scarcity and Water Markets – Implications for Farmers’ Wealth and farm succession. Proceedings from the 16th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference. Wellington

Wheeler, S; Bjornlund, H. and Zuo, A. (2009): To Trade or Not to Trade: Decisions of irrigators in an early water market in Australia. Proceedings from the Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide.

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2008): Are the fundamentals emerging for more sophisticated water market instruments? Proceedings from the 14th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January. Available at http://www.prres.net/

Bjornlund, H.; Wheeler, S. and Shanahan. M. (2008): Supply and demand Elasticity of Irrigation water – implications for water markets. Proceedings from the 14th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January. Available at www.prres.net

Bjornlund, H. (2008): Markets for water allocations: Outcomes and impacts. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Edwards, J.; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2008): Water markets and the sustainability of rural communities: Community members’ views. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Kuehne, G.; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2008): The contribution of values and attributes for Irrigators’ decision-making. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H., Shanahan, M. and Zuo, A. (2008): Modelling the Demand for Water Entitlements in the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation District of Australia. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Taylor, B.; de Loe, R.; Kreutzwiser, R. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Local groundwater management studies in Ontario, Canada: A case for retaining a role for the state in community-based water research. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Nicol, L.; Bjornlund, H. and Klein, K. (2008): Improved Technologies and management practices in private irrigation – Implications for water savings in Southern Alberta. Proceedings from the International Conference, Water Down Under, Adelaide, April, 2008

Kuehne, G; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2008): Developing Irrigator Types from Clustered Values. Paper to be presented at the IWA World Water Conference, Vienna, September.

Robak, A and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Charting relationships between water supply and community livelihood and national economic welfare. Proceedings from the 2008 Conference on Sustainable Engineering and Science, Auckland, December

Edwards, J.; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2007): Revisiting the Goldschmidt Hypothesis: Community members’ beliefs about water trading and the future of rural communities” Proceedings from the Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Sociology Association, Auckland, December.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2007): One Size does not fit all – Recognizing heterogeneity in Australian farmers. Proceeding from the Conference of the US Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Sacramento, California, September

Bjornlund, H. and Shanahan, M. (2007): Comparing implicit and explicit water prices in three Australian states. Proceedings from the 13th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Fremantle, Western Australia, January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2007): Exploring the feasibility of using water entitlements as an investment vehicle. Proceedings from the Conference of the Australian water Association, Sydney, March

Acharya, M.P.; Grant Kalischuk, R; Klein, K.K. and Bjornlund, H. (2007): Water Contamination and Water Use Practices on Feedlot Farms and Rural Households in Southern Alberta. Paper presented at the 3rd International Ground Water Conference in Coimabatore, India, February.

Bjornlund, H. (2007): Do markets promote more efficient and higher value water use? Tracing evidence over time in an Australian water market. Paper presented at the 2007 Water Resources management Conference, Kos, Greece, June

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2006): Exploring Farmers’ Attitudes and Behaviours in Australia’s Namoi Valley. Proceedings from the 3rd conference of the Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources, Bangkok, 16-18 October

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2006): Identifying Farmers’ Management Responses to Reduced Water Access – Lessons from the Namoi Valley. Proceedings from conference of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Water Association, Victor Harbour. July.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2006): “Custodians” or “Investors” – classifying irrigators in Australia’s Namoi Valley. Paper presented at the 2006 Sustainable Irrigation Conference, Bologna, Italy, June

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Increased participation in Australian Water Markets. Paper presented at the 2006 Sustainable Irrigation Conference, Bologna, Italy, June

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2006): An empirical analysis of factors driving outcomes in markets for permanent water – An Australian case study. Proceedings from the 12th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Auckland, New Zealand, January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2005): Tracing evidence of rational investor behaviour in water markets. Proceedings from the 11th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Melbourne, Victoria, 23–27 January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. and O’Callaghan, B. (2005): Implicit values and explicit prices of water – do they converge? Proceedings from the 11th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Melbourne, Victoria, 23–27 January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Making Environment and Economics Meet in Water Management. Proceedings from the Convention of the Australian Water Association The Turning Point for Water. Brisbane 8-11 May.

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2004): Factors impacting on farmers’ willingness to pay for water in temporary water markets. Proceedings from the 10th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Bangkok 25–28 January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. and O’Callaghan, B. (2003): Valuation and Lending Implications of the separation of land and water rights. Proceedings from the 9th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Brisbane 19–22 January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Drivers and Triggers of Water Markets. Proceedings from the 20th Convention of the Australian Water Association, Perth 6–10 April, CD ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2002): Are Water Markets Maturing. Proceedings from the 8th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Christchurch January 21–23, www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

Bjornlund, H. (2001): Water Policies and Rural Land Values. Proceedings from the 7th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Adelaide January 21–24, www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres.

Bjornlund, H and McKay (2001): Operational Aspect of Water Markets. Proceedings from the 3rd Australasian Natural Resources Law and Policy Conference, Adelaide, March, 50–59

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2001): Environmental Flows and Sustainable Rural Communities. Profitability & Sustainability – at War or Constructive Coexistence. Paper presented at the 19th Federal Convention of the Australian Water Association: A Water Odyssey. Canberra April, CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H (2000): To Regulate or to Market – Striking the Balance for Sustainable Water Use. Proceedings from the joint conference: Water and the Law, Adelaide, October 18, 7–14

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2000): Are Water Markets Achieving a More Sustainable Water Use. Proceedings from the X World Water Congress, Melbourne, March, CD-ROM

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2000): Problems with NCP water market policies in three Australian States 1995-2000 and elements of solutions – the ‘Duty toward Water’. Proceedings from the 1st Australasian Natural Resources Law and Policy Conference, Canberra, March, 179–188.

Non-refereed Conference Proceedings

Robak, A. And Bjornlund, H. (2009): Costs and benefits of compliance: New Zealand Drinking Water Standards. Proceedings from the conference New Zealand Water and Waste Water Conference. Auckland, September

Loch, A. Bjornlund, H. and Kuehne, G. (2009): Purchasing water to create sustainable systems: Where does that leave the regulatory approach? Paper presented at the 12th Environmental Research Event, 10th – 13th May, Noosa Qld

Robak, A and Bjornlund, H. (2009): Do transport and water supply infrastructure have the same wider benefits? Paper presented at the International Public Works Conference in Melbourne, September.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2009): Irrigator decision-making during a time of loss and change. Presented on the Water Policy Conference in Prague, June.

Klein, K., Grant-Kalischuk, R., Bjornlund, H. and Wilson, P. (2009): Impacts of Climate Change on Water and Public Health in Alberta, Canada. Presented on the Water Policy Conference in Prague, June

Wheeler, S; Bjornlund, H. and Zuo, A. (2009): To Trade or not to trade: Decisions of irrigators in an early water market in Australia. Paper presented on the conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, Adelaide.

Kuehne, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Exploring non-profit maximizing influences on irrigator’s behaviour. Proceedings for the Conference of the Irrigation Association of Australia, Melbourne, May.

Edwards, J; Cheers, B. and Bjornlund, H. (2008): Social, economic, and community impacts of water markets in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin region. Proceedings from the XIII World Water Congress in Montpellier, France, September

Bjornlund, H. (2008): Monitoring the impacts of water trading - Some methods and results from an Australian water market. Paper to be presented on the XIII World Water Congress in Montpellier, France, September.

Kuehne, G; Bjornlund, H. and Cheers, B. (2008): Classifying, Clustering & Clumping; defining groups of Irrigators in Australia’s Namoi Valley. Paper to be presented on the XIII World Water Congress in Montpellier, France, September

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2007): Tracing evidence of rational investor behaviour in water markets – revisited. Proceedings from the 13th Annual Conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Fremantle, Western Australia, January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres.

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Tradable permits - instruments to manage water scarcity? - Some Australian experiences. Invited paper Proceedings from the International Workshop on Tradeable Permits, Wittenberg, Germany, November

Bjornlund, H.; Klein, K. and Nicol, L (2006): Future Challenges for Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy. Proceedings from the 59th annual conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association, Toronto, June, CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H.; Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2006): Alberta’s Water for Life Strategy: Some early indicators of its acceptance by the irrigation industry in Southern Alberta. Paper presented at the conference of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Montreal, May.

Bjornlund, H.; Nicol, L. and Klein, K. (2006): Changing tactics in managing water in Alberta – the Water for Life Strategy and challenges in its implementation. Proceedings from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Omaha, May. CD-ROM

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Tracing factors affecting the adoption of water markets – some Australian experiences. Invited paper. Proceedings from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Omaha, May. CD-ROM

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Water Markets – Economic Instruments to Manage Scarcity. Invited paper. Proceedings from the International Conference on Economic Incentives and Water Demand Management, Muscat, Oman, March.

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Communal farming, poverty reduction and economic growth: Conflicting objectives in water management? Proceedings from the XII World Water Congress, New Delhi, November. CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Recent and emerging water policy reforms in Australia. Invited paper presented at the Principal paper session of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Conference, San Francisco, July.

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Making Environment and Economics Meet for Sustainable Water Management, Proceedings of the Conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association – Reflections on our Future…, Banff. June. CD–ROM.

Nicol, A.C; Klein, K.K.; and Bjornlund, H. (2005): Irrigation Water Markets in Southern Alberta. Proceedings of the Conference of the Canadian Water resources Association – Reflections on our Future…, Banff, June, CD–ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2004): A framework for the next generation of water market policies. Proceedings from the conference of the Irrigation Association of Australia – Irrigation coming of age. Adelaide May, CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Water Markets as drought mitigation and water demand management tools. Proceedings from the IWA Conference Water and Waste Management in Developing Countries. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, July, CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Water markets and the environment – what the irrigation community told us. Proceedings from the Riversymposium. Brisbane 31 August to 3 September. http://www.riversymposium.com/index.php?page=GeneralArchive

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Water markets as risk management and adjustment tools within irrigation communities. Proceedings from the XI World Water Congress. Madrid 5–9 October, CD Rom

Bjornlund, H. (2002): Water Exchanges: Australian Experiences. Proceedings from the conference Allocating and Managing Water for a Sustainable Future: Lessons from Around the World. Natural Resources Law Centre, University of Colorado, Boulder, June 11–13 2002 CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H. (2002): The Adoption, Perception and Impact of the New Water Policy Paradigm within Two Australian States. Proceedings from the Conference ‘Irrigation Water Policies: Micro and Macro Consideration’ Agadir, Marocco, June 15–17, Vol 1, 147–163. Also: www.worldbank.agadirconference.com

Bjornlund, H. (2002): What Impedes Water Markets. Proceedings from the 4th Australasian Water Law and Policy Conference, Sydney 24–25 October, 165–176.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2001): Operational Mechanisms for the Efficient Workings of Water Markets – some Australian Experiences. Proceedings from the Conference on the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, Girona, Spain, June, CD-ROM.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J (1999): Do Water Markets Promote a Socially Equitable Reallocation of Water? – A Case Study of a Rural Water Market in Victoria, Australia. Paper presented to the Conference on the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, Hawaii, July 1999.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1997): Overcoming the Introspective Legacy of Tradeable Water Entitlement Policies in South Eastern Australia. Paper presented on the Conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, Annapolis, Maryland, USA, April 1997

Bjornlund, H. and McKay J. (1996): TWE Policy in Horticultural South Australia - A Major Player in the Water Market? Proceedings of the Conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, Melbourne University, January, 1996, 305–324.

Bjornlund, H. (1994): The Water Industry – Challenges and Opportunities for the Real Estate Profession. Paper presented to the Fourth Australasian Real Estate Educators Conference. Auckland University, January 1994.

Bjornlund H. (1993): Water Policies and their influence on Rural Land Values and Land Uses. Paper presented to the Third Australasian Real Estate Educators Conference in Sydney, January 1993.

Bjornlund, H. (1993): Irrigation, Salinity and Transferable Property Rights. Paper presented to the 1st Asia Pacific real Estate Educators Conference on Lankawi Island, Malaysia, November.

Invited Keynote and Invited Plenary Addresses

Bjornlund, H. (2010): Water Markets Role in Managing Water for Society. Plenary paper presented to the Conference of the Alberta Irrigation Projects Association’s conference ‘Alberta’s Water Balancing Act, Calgary, February

Bjornlund, H. (2010): Sustainable Irrigation: Complexities, Issues and Challenges. Invited plenary paper presented at the III Sustainable Irrigation Conference in Bucharest, June

Bjornlund, H. (2009): Irrigation and Sustainable Water Management – A journey without fixed destination. Paper presented to the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, Water and Agricultural Sector Roundtable, Ottawa, 12 November

Bjornlund. H. (2009): Economic and/or market based instruments to allocate water and promote conservation. Invited plenary paper presented to the Water: Can Alberta do more with less conference organized by the Alberta Water Council, Calgary, February.

Bjornlund, H. (2008): To trade or not to trade – Is that the question? Opening discussion paper presented to roundtable workshop ‘A Policy Discussion on tradable Water rights in Western Canada, Calgary, May.

Bjornlund, H. (2008): The Role of Economic Instruments. Opening plenary paper for the special sessions on ‘Sustainable Irrigation – the role of economic instruments. 2008 Sustainable Irrigation Conference, Alicante, Spain. June.

Bjornlund, H. (2008): Water Markets and their Environmental, Social and Economic Impacts in Australia. Plenary paper presented at The Water Tribunal, Thematic week seven: Economic and Financing ‘The role of market instruments in Irrigated Water Management’, World Expo, Zaragoza, Spain, July.

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Vulnerability and Stakeholder Participation – Canada in Context. Keynote address presented to the Climate Change and Water in the Prairies Conference, Saskatoon, June.

Bjornlund, H. (2006): Emerging Challenges to Sustainable Water Use in Canada; Opening key note address presented to the national workshop on Water Policy in Canada, March.

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Water Issues in Alberta's Second Century, the 2005 Alex Johnston Lecture in Lethbridge, Alberta, November.

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Reducing Water Consumption without Reducing Productivity – Some Australian Experiences. Key note address to the Expert Workshop on Water Allocation Strategies for Limited Water Supply, Calgary, Alberta.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: water policy and management

• Use of economic instruments for the management of natural resources
• The social, economic and environmental impact of water markets and trading in South Australia, Victo
• Water prices and values
• Water market mechanisms and administrative proceedures