Associate Professor Henning Bjornlund

Hello my name is Henning Bjornlund I am an Associate Research Professor at the the Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis at the University of South Australia.

I am also an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta,Canada where I hold a Canadian Research Chair in Water and the Economy - International

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

Batchelor of Business in Property (Valuation) University of South Australia

PhD 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. The aim of the project is to further investigate three key questions related to the use and impact of water markets and develope a framework for ongoing monitoring and reporting on market outcomes. Over the last 9 years i have worked on one ARC SPIRT projet funded by the Australian Research Council and ten industry partners 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
• The implication of water market polices on the valuation of farm land
• Water Policies related to un-regulated rivers and groundwater aquifeers
• Water policies and developing countries

Bjornlund, H. (2005): Can Water markets assist irrigators managing increased supply risk? Some Australian experiences. Water International, in press

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): Is Investment in Water Entitlements a Rational Option? The Australian Property Journal 38(6), 464-472.

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

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), 355-369.

Bjornlund, H. and O’Callaghan, B. (2005): Tracing evidence of a convergence of the implicit value of water with the price of water entitlements. 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 Rossini, P. (2005): Tracing evidence of rational investor behavior 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. (2005): Making environment and economics meet for sustainable water management. The conference of the Canadian Water Resources Association, Banff, June.

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

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Formal and informal water markets - Drivers of sustainable rural communities? Water Resources Research 40(9).

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. (2004) What Impedes Water Markets. Water 31(7), 47–51

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

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

Bjornlund, H. and Rossini, P. (2004): Factors impacting on farmers' willingness to pay for water in temporary water markets. Paper presented at the 10th annual conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Bangkok 19-22 January. www.business.unisa.edu.au/prres

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 – an integral part of Australian Water Policy Reforms. A paper presented to the conference ‘Confronting Water Scarcity: Challenges and Choices’. Alberta, Canada, 13 – 16 July.

Bjornlund, H. (2004): Water Markets as drought mitigation and water demand management tools. Paper to be presented on 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.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): What is driving activities in water markets. Water November, 21-24.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Water Management for Poverty Alleviation. paper presented to the 3rd World Water Fourm, Kyoto, Japan, March.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Efficient water market mechanisms to cope with water scarcity. International Journal of Water Resources Development19(4), 553-567.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (2003): Elements of an Institutional Framework for Management of Water for Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries. In Ünver, Gupta and Kibaroglu Eds. Water development and poverty reduction. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chapter 5.

Bjornlund, H. (2003): Water markets as risk management and adjustment tools within irrigatoin communities. Proceedings from the XI World Water Congress, Madrid 509 October.

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): Drivers and Triggers of Water Markets. Proceedings from the 20th Convention of the Australian Water Association, Perth 6-10 April

Bjornlund, H. and O'Callaghan, B. (2003): Property Implications of the separation of land and water rights. Paper presented at the 9th annual conference of the Pacific Rim Real Estate Society, Brisbane 19-22 January. At http://business.unisa.edu.au/PRRES/

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

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

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

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, Morocco, June.

Bjornlund, H. (2002): The Socio-Economic Structure of Irrigation Communities - Water Markets and the Structural Adjustment Process. Journal of Rural Society, 12(2), 123-147.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J (2002): Elements of Water Markets for Developing Countires - Experiences from Australia, Chile and the US. Journal of Environment and Development Economics, 7(4)

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. Social Justice Research 14(4), 387-403

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J (2001): Operational Mechanism for the Efficient Working of Water Markets - Some Australian Experiences. Paper presented to the joint conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium and the seminar on Environmental and Resource Economics, Girona, Spain, June

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J (2001): Environmental Flows and Sustainable Rural Communities; Profitability & Sustainability - Conflict or Coexistence. Paper presented to the 19th Federal Convention of the Australian Water Association, Canberra, April

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J (2001): Australian Water Market Policies: Current Issues and Future Directions. Water 28(2), 75-78.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (2001): Operational Aspects of Australian Water Markets. Proceedings from the Third Australasian Conference on Natural Resources Law and Policy (Focus on Water), Adelaide, March

Bjornlund, H (2001): Water Policies and Rural Land Values. Proceedings from the Seventh Annual Pacitif-Rim Real Estate Society Conference, Adelaide, January. Also at http://business.unisa.edu.au/PRRES/

Bjornlund, H (2000): To Regulate or to Market - Stricking the balance for sustainable water use. Proceedings from the joint conference 'Water and the Law', Adelaide October 18.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (2000): The Next Generation of Water Market Policies.Proceedings from the First Australasian Conference on Natural Resources Law and Policy, Canberra, March.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (2000): Are Water Markets Achieving a More Sustainable Water Use? Proceeding from the Xth World Water Congress, Melbourne, March.

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (1999): Do Permanent Water Markets Facilitate Farm Adjustment And Structural Change Within Irrigaiton Communities? Rural Society 9(3), 555-571.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1999): Do Water Markets Promote a Socially Equitable Reallocation of Water? _ A Case Study of Rural Water markets in Victoria, Australia. Paper presented at the conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, Kamula, Hawaii June 29 to July 2, 1999. Now published in Rivers 7(2), 141-153

Bjonrlund, H. (1999): Water Trade Policies as a Component of Environmentally and Economically Sustainable Water Use in Rural Southeastern Australia. Thesis submitted for the fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Division of Business and Enterprice, University of South Australia.

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

Bjonrlund, H. and McKay, J. (1998): Overcomming 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 Resources Management and Policy Series, 315-332.

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.

Bjornlund, H. and McKay, J. (1996): TWE Policy in Horticultural South Australia - A Major Player in the Water Market. In Pigram, J. Ed. Security and Sustainability in a Mature Water Economy, a Global Perspective. Proceedings for the workshop of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium, University of Melbourne, February, Centre for Water Policy Research, Armidale.

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

Bjornlund, H and McKay, J. (1995): Can Water TradeAchieve Environmental Goals, Water, 22(5), 31-34.

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

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

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