@article {Bigelow413, author = {Daniel P. Bigelow and Andrew J. Plantinga and David J. Lewis and Christian Langpap}, title = {How Does Urbanization Affect Water Withdrawals? Insights from an Econometric-Based Landscape Simulation}, volume = {93}, number = {3}, pages = {413--436}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.3368/le.93.3.413}, publisher = {University of Wisconsin Press}, abstract = {Effects on water resources are an understudied aspect of the environmental consequences of urbanization. We study how urban land development affects water withdrawals on a regional scale to account for market adjustments, human behavioral responses, and government institutions. Fine-scale econometric and simulation methods are used to represent the spatial heterogeneity associated with determinants of water withdrawals. Our analysis reveals a complicated relationship between future water withdrawals and changes in socioeconomic drivers. Despite population growth of approximately 85\% and a doubling of income, water withdrawals in two urban areas increase by at most 12\% and in another area, decrease slightly. (JEL Q24, Q25)}, issn = {0023-7639}, URL = {https://le.uwpress.org/content/93/3/413}, eprint = {https://le.uwpress.org/content/93/3/413.full.pdf}, journal = {Land Economics} }