Contact Dr Dolores Rey Vicario
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758309
- Email: d.reyvicario@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @lolareyv
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Areas of expertise
- Agrifood Systems
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
Dr Dolores Rey is Lecturer in Water Policy and Economics at the Cranfield Water Science Institute, where she leads the Advanced Water Management MSc programme. She has over 10 years research experience on water availability risks and water economics in the agricultural sector. She is the PI of the project “NEXus Thinking for sustainable AGricultural development in Andean countries (NEXT-AG)” working with partners in Chile, Ecuador, Peru and the UK on applying a Water-Energy-Food-Environment nexus approach to inform future irrigated agriculture development policies in Andean countries. Her recent research under the RCUK Droughts and Water Scarcity research programme aimed to understand farmer decision-making processes regarding water management during drought events and the financial impacts of droughts on UK agriculture. As part of her PhD research at the Technical University of Madrid, Dolores was involved in pan European research addressing the use of water markets to cope with water shortages, drought and flood policies related to the agricultural sector in different countries, and assessing climate change impacts on agriculture.
Current activities
Dr Rey's research mainly focuses on water availability risks for farmers in different countries - their impacts, coping strategies and long-term planning, and the financial implications. She is or has been involved in several research and consultancy projects. Some recent examples are:
- NEXus Thinking for sustainable AGricultural development in Andean countries (NEXT-AG, NE/R015759/1). NERC (UK) and CONICYT (Chile), 2018-2021. PIs: Dolores Rey and Oscar Melo (UPCC, Chile)
- Strengthening Thailand’s Agricultural Drought Resilience (STAR NE/S003223/1). NERC (UK) and TSRI (Thailand), 2018-2021. PI: Simon Parry (CEH). Role: Co-I
- Rurality as a vehicle for Urban Sanitation Transformation (RUST, ES/R006865/1). ESRC (UK), 2018-2020. PI: Paul Hutchings (Cranfield University). Role: Co-I
- Irrigation Efficiency Training Toolkit. PepsiCo, 2019. PI: Tim Hess (Cranfield University). Role: Co-I
- Managing the Risks, Impacts and Uncertainties of droughts and water Scarcity (MaRIUS, NE/L010364/1). NERC (UK), 2014-19. PI: Jim Hall (Oxford University). Role: Researcher
- Analysis of historic drought and water scarcity in the UK: a systems-based study of drivers, impacts and their interactions (Historic Droughts, NE/L01016X/1 ). NERC, 2014-2019. PI: Jamie Hannaford (CEH). Role: Researcher
Clients
NERC
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Goodwin D, Holman I, Pardthaisong L, Visessri S, Ekkawatpanit C & Rey Vicario D (2022) What is the evidence linking financial assistance for drought-affected agriculture and resilience in tropical Asia? A systematic review, Regional Environmental Change, 22 (1) Article No. 12.
- Correa-Cano ME, Salmoral G, Rey D, Knox JW, Graves A, Melo O, Foster W, Naranjo L, Zegarra E, Johnson C, Viteri-Salazar O & Yan X (2022) A novel modelling toolkit for unpacking the Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE) nexus of agricultural development, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 159 (May) Article No. 112182.
- Welivita I, Willcock S, Lewis A, Bundhoo D, Brewer T, Cooper S, Lynch K, Mekala S, Mishra PP, Venkatesh K, Rey Vicario D & Hutchings P (2021) Evidence of similarities in ecosystem service flow across the rural–urban spectrum, Land, 10 (4) Article No. 430.
- Holman IP, Hess T, Rey Vicario D & Knox JW (2021) A multi-level framework for adaptation to drought within temperate agriculture, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8 Article No. 589871. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.13259291
- Willcock S, Parker A, Wilson C, Brewer T, Bundhoo D, Cooper S, Lynch K, Mekala S, Mishra PP, Rey D, Welivita I, Venkatesh K & Hutchings P (2021) Nature provides valuable sanitation services, One Earth, 4 (2) 192-201.
- Salmoral G, Carbó AV, Zegarra E, Knox JW & Rey Vicario D (2020) Reconciling irrigation demands for agricultural expansion with environmental sustainability - a preliminary assessment for the Ica Valley, Peru, Journal of Cleaner Production, 276 (December) Article No. 123544.
- Mallory A, Akrofi D, Dizon J, Mohanty S, Parker A, Rey Vicario D, Prasad S, Welvita I, Brewer T, Mekala S, Bundhoo D, Lynch K, Mishra P, Willcock S & Hutchings P (2020) Evaluating the circular economy for sanitation: findings from a multi-case approach, Science of the Total Environment, 744 (November) Article No. 140871.
- Salmoral G, Zegarra E, Vázquez-Rowe I, González F, del Castillo L, Saravia GR, Graves A, Rey D & Knox JW (2020) Water-related challenges in nexus governance for sustainable development: Insights from the city of Arequipa, Peru, Science of the Total Environment, 747 (December) Article No. 141114.
- Rey D, Pérez-Blanco CD, Escriva-Bou A, Girard C & Veldkamp TIE (2019) Role of economic instruments in water allocation reform: lessons from Europe, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 35 (2) 206-239.
- Salmoral G, Rey D, Rudd A, de Margon P & Holman I (2019) A probabilistic risk assessment of the national economic impacts of regulatory drought management on irrigated agriculture, Earth's Future, 7 (2) 178-196. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.7613192
- Parsons DJ, Rey D, Tanguy M & Holman IP (2019) Regional variations in the link between drought indices and reported agricultural impacts of drought, Agricultural Systems, 173 (July) 119-129. Dataset/s: 10.5285/17b9c4f7-1c30-4b6f-b2fe-f7780159939c, 10.5285/8baf805d-39ce-4dac-b224-c926ada353b7, 10.5285/33604ea0-c238-4488-813d-0ad9ab7c51ca, 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853167
- Rio M, Rey D, Prudhomme C & Holman IP (2018) Evaluation of changing surface water abstraction reliability for supplemental irrigation under climate change, Agricultural Water Management, 206 (July) 200-208. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.6327176
- Rey D, Holman IP & Knox JW (2017) Developing drought resilience in irrigated agriculture in the face of increasing water scarcity, Regional Environmental Change, 17 (5) 1527-1540.
- Morris J, Else MA, El Chami D, Daccache A, Rey D & Knox J (2017) Essential irrigation and the economics of strawberries in a temperate climate, Agricultural Water Management, 194 (December) 90-99.
- Rey D, Holman I, Daccache A, Morris J, Weatherhead K & Knox J (2016) Modelling and mapping the economic value of supplemental irrigation in a humid climate, Agricultural Water Management, 173 (July) 13-22.
- Rey D, Garrido A & Calatrava J (2016) An innovative option contract for allocating water in Inter-Basin Transfers: the case of the Tagus-Segura Transfer in Spain, Water Resources Management, 30 (3) 1165-1182.
- Rey D, Garrido A & Calatrava J (2015) Comparison of different water supply risk management tools for irrigators: option contracts and insurance, Environmental and Resource Economics, 65 (2) 415-439.
- Rey D, Calatrava J & Garrido A (2015) Optimisation of water procurement decisions in an irrigation district: the role of option contracts, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 60 (1) 130-154.
- Rey Dolores (2015) Water option contracts for reducing water supply risks, Outlook On Agriculture, 44 (1) 5-9.