Nazaret M. MONTILLA-LÓPEZ

Assistant Professor
Dpt. Agricultural Economics, Finance and Accounting
University of Cordoba
Campus Rabanales. N-IV km 396, Gregor Mendel Building. E-14071 Córdoba, Spain
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Biography

Born in Cordoba (Spain), I got my degree of Agricultural Engineer with a specialization in Agricultural Economics at the University of Cordoba (Spain). Since 2008, I have been working at University in a research project focusing on ArcGIS and AutoCAD software.

In March 2018, I finished my doctoral thesis. I have been awarded the Cum Laude mention and have carried out the defense for obtaining the international doctor mention. The research project where I have developed my dissertation is called:  “Designing new water markets for Spain: Assessment as measures for the improvement of efficiency in water use and the adaptation to climate change” (MERCAGUA). My dissertation focuses on water banks and mathematical programming so I use specific software called General Algebraic Modelling System (GAMS). The results have been presented in national and international conferences.

Research interests

  • Water pricing
  • Water banks
  • Water markets
  • Water resources management
  • Mathematical programming

Currently research projects

  • WADECO (PID2023-146274OB-I00): Modelo hidro-económico holístico de la cuenca del Guadalquivir para el análisis de políticas de agua y cambio climático. Project Coordinator: Carlos Gutiérrez y Julio Berbel. Period: 2024-2028. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
  • FARMPERFORM (PID2022-136239OB-I00): Transición ecológica de la agricultura: Análisis microeconómico para el soporte de la toma de decisiones políticas. . Period 2023-2027. Project Coordinador: J.A. Gómez-Limón y Manuel Arriaza. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y Fondo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)
  • BONEX: (PRIMA-S1 NEXUS-2021-2141): Boosting Nexus Framework Implementation in the Mediterranean. Period 2022-2025. Project Coordinator: Julio Berbel (University of Córdoba). European Commission (PRIMA programme)
  • GOVAQUA (HE-CL6-GOV-RIA-2022-101086578). Water governance, economic and financial sustainability of water systems. Period: 2023-2027. Project Coordinator: Julio Berbel (University of Córdoba). European Commission (Horizon Europe)
  • e-MOHICAN (TED2021-131066B-I00): Digital platform for hydro-economic basin modelling for water policy and climate change analysis. Project Coordinator: Carlos Gutiérrez and Julio Berbel (University of Córdoba). Transición Ecológica y Digital del Plan Nacional de Investigación

Previous research projects

  • BHYEM (PID2019-107127RB-100): Water policy analysis in a context of water scarcity and climate change: a hydro-economic model at a watershed scale integrating micro and macroeconomic effects. Project Coordinator: Julio Berbel
  • IRRIDROUGHT (RTI2018-095407-B-100): Cambio climático y sostenibilidad del regadío: nuevos instrumentos de demanda para la gestión de sequías. (2019-2021). Project coordinator: J.A. Gómez-Limón y Carlos Gutiérrez. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación. Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad

Awards & Achievements

  • 2018: The best PhD in Water Economics. Cátedra Aquae de Economía del Agua.
  • 2018: The best oral communication. Universidad de Córdoba.
  • 2016: Predoctoral mobility fellowship for short stays in Spanish and foreign R&D centres (92 days). Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.
  • 2015: Predoctoral Research Grant for Staff in Training. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.

Research stays

  • Water Science Institute. University of Cranfield, United Kingdom (09/2017 – 12/2017). Supervisor: Dolores Rey.
  • IIASA: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (03/2023-06/2023). Supervisor: Taher Kahil

Peer-reviewed publications

2024

Gil-García, L., Montilla-López, N.M., Gutiérrez-Martín, C., Sánchez-Daniel, Á., Saiz-Santiago, P., Polanco-Martínez, J.M., Pindado, J. and Pérez-Blanco, C.D. (2024). Actionable human–water system modelling under uncertainty, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 28(19):4501-4520, doi: 10.5194/hess-28-4501-2024

Tocados-Franco, E., Martínez-Dalmau, J., Espinosa-Tasón, J. and Montilla-Lopez, N.M.(2024). Trends in water-energy nexus and carbon emissions balance in Axarquía region, Spain, in the period 1990-2030, Environmental Processes 11(11) doi: 10.1007/s40710-024-00689-4

Valle-García, Á., Gutiérrez-Martín, C. and Montilla-López, N.M.(2024). Water pricing and quotas: A quantitative analysis from a private and social perspective, Water Resources Management doi: 10.1007/s11269-024-03865-1

2022

Gutiérrez-Martín, C., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Montilla-López, N.M. (2022). Priority water rights for irrigation at the river basin level. Do they improve economic efficiency during drought periods?, Water Resources Management. doi: 10.1007/s11269-022-03228-8

2021

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Gutiérrez-Martín, C.. and Montilla-López, N.M. (2021). Priority water rights. Are they useful for improving water-use efficiency at the irrigation district level?, Agricultural Water Management 257:107145 doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107145

Pérez-Blanco, C.D., Gutiérrez-Martín, C., Gil-García, L. and Montilla-López, N.M. (2021). Microeconomic ensemble modeling to inform robust adaptation to water scarcity in irrigated agriculture, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 147:7 doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001385

2020

Berbel, J., Montilla-López, N.M. and Giannoccaro, G. (2020). Institutions and economics of water scarcity and droughts, Water 12(11):3248 doi: 10.3390/w12113248

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Gutiérrez-Martín, C. and Montilla-López, N.M. (2020). Agricultural water allocation under cyclical scarcity: the role of priority water rights, Water 12(6):1835 doi: 10.3390/w12061835

Gómez-Limón, J.A., Gutiérrez-Martín, C. and Montilla-López, N.M. (2020). Recovering water for the environment during droughts through public water banks within a monopsony-monopoly setting, Water Resources and Economics 32:100163 doi: 10.1016/j.wre.2020.100163

Gutiérrez-Martín, C., Gómez-Limón, J.A., and Montilla-López N.M. (2020). Self-financed water bank for resource reallocation to the environment and within the agricultural sector, Ecological Economics 169:106493 doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106493

2019

Berbel, J., Borrego-Marín, M.M., Expósito, A., Giannoccaro G., Montilla-López, N.M., Roseta-Palma C. (2019). Analysis of irrigation water tariffs and taxes in Europe, Water Policy 21(4):806-825 doi: 10.2166/wp.2019.197

2018

Montilla-López, N.M., Gómez-Limón, J.A. and Gutiérrez-Martín, C. (2018). Sharing a river: Potential performance of a water bank for reallocating irrigation water, Agricultural Water Management 200:47-59 doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.12.025

2017

Montilla-López, N.M., Gutiérrez-Martín, C. and Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2017). Impacto de la tarifación del agua de riego en el Bajo Guadalquivir, ITEA. Información Técnica Económica Agraria 113(1):90-111 doi: 10.12706/itea.2017.006

2016

Montilla-López, N.M., Gutiérrez-Martín, C. and Gómez-Limón, J.A. (2016). Water banks: What have we learnt from the international experience?, Water 8(10):466 doi: 10.3390/w8100466