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Monograph/books/ edited proceedings:

Bjornlund, H.; Bribera, C. and Wheeler, S. Eds. (2013): Sustainable Irrigation Management Technology and Policies IV, WITPress, Southampton

Keynote and Invited Plenary Addresses

Bjornlund, H. (2012): Sharing Alberta’s Water. Paper presented to the Summit of the Water Planning and Advisory Councils in Alberta, September

Bjornlund, H. (2012): The Australian Experience. Paper presented to the SSHRC funded workshop ‘When the Water Dries Up: Lessons from the Failure of Water Entitlements in Canada, the US and Australia’ held at University of British Colombia, June.

Bjornlund, H. (2012): Balancing Community Values – Overseas Experiences from Alberta and Australia. Plenary paper presented to the annual conference of the New Zealand Irrigators Association, Timaru, NZ, April

Book chapters:

1.            Bjornlund, H. and Bjornlund, V. (in Press) Changing societal values: Implications for water management and social opportunities. In Linton, J. and Davidson, S. Eds. Water as a social opportunity. Queen's Policy Studies Series by McGill-Queen's University Press.

2.            Bjornlund, H.; Wheeler, S. and Rossini, P. (2013): Water Markets and Their Environmental, Social and Economic Impact in Australia. In Maestu, J. Ed. Water Trading and Global Water Scarcity: International Perspectives. Francis Taylor, UK, 68-93

3.            Bjornlund, H. and Xu, W. (2012): Sustainable Irrigation – Alberta perspectives. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 17-28

4.            Zuo, A.; Wheeler, S.; and Bjornlund, H. (2013): The association between farm management strategies and irrigators’ farm profits over time in the Murray-Darling Basin. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 447-458

5.            Wheeler, S.; Zuo, A. and Bjornlund, H. (2013): Selling water for the environment: how sustainable is it for irrigators. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 29-40

6.            Lafreniere, K.; Bjornlund, H. and Deshpande, S. (2013): Against the grain: Segmenting and profiling irrigators opposed to water transfers in Alberta, Canada. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation Technology and Policies IV, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 459-468

7.            Kerr, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2013): Market Based Instruments: Issues and Opportunities for Agriculture and Water Quality Services in Alberta, Canada. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 425-438

8.            Bewer, R.; Xu, W. and Bjornlund, H. (2013): Recreational Value of Irrigation Infrastructure: A Case Study of Chestermere Lake, Alberta, Canada. In Bjornlund et al. Eds. Sustainable Irrigation, WITPress, Southampton, UK., 413-424

9.            Kerr, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2012): Building an Integrated Framework: The Use of Case Study Scenarios and the Exploration of Humans Subjectivity for Market-based Instrument Success. In Brebbia, C. and Chon, T-S. Eds. Environmental Impact. WITPress, Southampton, 423-34

10.          Howard, K., Bjornlund, H. and Xu, W. (2012): Securing societal benefits through increased provision of ecosystem services using incentives. In Pepper, D. and Brebbia, V. Eds. Water and Society, WITPress, Southampton, 487-500

11.          Kerr, G. and Bjornlund, H. (2012): Understanding the Acceptance of Market-Based Instruments for the Ecosystem Service of Water Quality. In Pepper, D. and Brebbia, V. Eds. Water and Society, WITPress, Southampton, 173-184.

12.          Russenberger, M.; Bjornlund, H. and Xu, W (2012): Exploring links between policy preferences for water reallocation and beliefs, values, attitudes and social norms in Alberta, Canada. In Pepper, D. and Brebbia, V. Eds. Water and Society, WITPress, Southampton, 107-118.

13.          Bjornlund, H. (2011): Tradable permits - instruments to manage water scarcity? Some Australian experiences, in: Hansjürgens, B. Antes, R. and Strunz, M. Eds. Permit Trading in Different Applications, New York. Routledge, 205-225.

Refereed Journals

1.            Bjornlund, H.; Parrack, C. and DeLoe, R (in press): Segmenting residents of southern Alberta for improved understanding of policy preferences for water reallocation. Accepted for publication in Journal of Society and Natural Resources (A).

2.            Bjornlund, V. and Bjornlund, H. (in press): Economic Incentives: Successful in expansion, will it also be successful in contraction. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning (B).

3.            Taylor, B.; deLoe, R. and Bjornlund, H. (2013): Knowledge Production and use in Collaborative water governance. Water Alternatives, 6(1): 42-66

4.            Wheeler, S., Zuo, A, Bjornlund, H. and Shanahan, M (2013): Climate Change Beliefs and Irrigator Adaptability in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin. Accepted Global Climate and Environmental Change (A). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.11.008

5.            Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H. and Zuo, A. (2013): Australian Irrigator’s recognition of the need for more environmental water flows and their intentions to commit to reduced allocations. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (A). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.736369

6.            Wheeler, S.; Garrick; D.; Loch, A. and; Bjornlund, H. (2013): Evaluating alternative water market products to acquire water for the environment in Australia. Land Use Policy 30, 427-436 (B). DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.004 online

7.            Xu, W., Khoshroo, N., Bjornlund, H. and Yin, Y. (2012):  Rural Sustainability, Land Use Change, and Tree Plantation Options: From Peasant Consensus to Public Land Use Policies. Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment (B). DOI 10.1007/s00477-012-0592-y, online http://www.springerlink.com/content/v32793858jp4771r/fulltext.pdf

8.            Wheeler, S.; Bjornlund, H; Zuo, A. and Edwards, J. (2012): Handing down the farm: what has happened to irrigation farm succession in Australia? Journal of Rural Studies 28, 266-275 (A*).

9.            Loch, A.; Bjornlund, A.; Wheeler, S.; and Conner, J. (2012): Trading in allocation water in Australia: a qualitative understanding of irrigator motives and behaviour. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.56(1), 42-60 (A)

10.          Wheeler, S; Zuo, A, Bjornlund, H. and Lane Miller, C (2012): Selling the Farm Silver? Understanding water sales to the Australian government. Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics. 52, 133-154 (A)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1.            Bjornlund, H.; Xu, W.; Zuo, A and Wheeler, S. (2012):  Resource dependence and water scarcity; how do they influence policy preferences for water sharing? Presented at the IWREC Conference as part of Stockholm Water Week. August

Non-refereed Journals

Robak, A. and Bjornlund, H. (2012): Stated and measured benefits of small potable water supply upgrades in New Zealand. Water Asset Management International 8(2), 24-29

Other invited papers

Bjornlund, H. (2012): Issues and Challenges in Alberta Water Policy. Paper presented to the Prentice institute, Alberta, September

Bjornlund, H. (2012): The use of water in agriculture - issues and challenges. Paper presented  to the World Congress of Agronomists and Agrologists, Quebec City, September

Bjornlund, H. (2012): Water Markets in Albert: A Panacea or the root of all evil. Or, how to Share Alberta’s Water? Paper presented to the workshop ‘More value from the same water’. Banff, June

Bjornlund, H. (2012): Water Security and the Irrigation Sector. Selected paper presented at the Water Security, Risk and Society conference, Oxford, April