Professor Emeritus, Environmental Policy and Development
Centre for Water and Development
Member, Centre for Water and Development
Centre for Development, Environment and Policy
Member
Laurence Smith specialises as an economist working on natural resource management, rural development, and water resources management.
He has experience of research, consultancy, education and training work in the UK and internationally. He has worked for leading international agencies including DFID, World Bank, FAO and IWMI. He has recently been principal investigator for research on catchment management funded by the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme of the UK Research Councils and Defra.
Publications
The stocks and flows of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium across a 30-year time series for agriculture in Huantai county, China
Bellarby, Jessica, Surridge, Ben, Haygarth, Philip, Liu, Kun, Siciliano, Giuseppina, Smith, Laurence, Rahn, Clive and Meng, Fanqiao, 2017, Science of the Total Environment (619-20), pp 606-620
An assessment of intermediary roles in payments for ecosystem services schemes in the context of catchment management: An example from South West England
Cook, Hadrian, Smith, Laurence and Couldrick, Laurence, 2017, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (19), 1, pp 1750003
Agricultural water management and poverty linkages
Namara, R. E., Hanjra, M. A., Castillo, G. E., Ravnborg, H.M., Smith, Laurence and Van Koppen, B., 2010, Agricultural Water Management (97), 4, pp 520-527
Smith, Laurence (2018). In: Allan, Tony, (eds.), Bromwich, Brendan, (eds.), Colman, Tony, (eds.) and Keulertz, Martin, (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Market-driven Agricultural Growth: Contrasting Experiences in Punjab and Rajasthan
Hazell, Peter, Sharma, Abjhit and Smith, Laurence (2013). In: Hope, N, (eds.), Kochar, A, (eds.), Noll, R, (eds.) and Srinivasan, T N, (eds.), Economic Reform in India: Challenges, Prospects and Lessons. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Local and Adaptive Management of Catchments for the Protection of Water Quality: Drawing on International Experience
Smith, Laurence (2008). In: Crighton, K., (eds.) and Audsley, R., (eds.), Land Management in a Changing Environment, Proceedings of the SAC and SEPA Biennial Conference, Agriculture and the Environment VII, Edinburgh, 26-27 March 2008. Edinburgh: NERC Open Research Archive and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Reversing the flow: agricultural water management pathways for poverty reduction
Castillo, G. E., Namara, R. E., Munk Ravnborg, H., Hanjra, M. A., Smith, Laurence and Hussein, M. H. (2007). In: Molden, David, (ed.), Water for food Water for life. London: Earthscan, pp 149-191
Smith, Laurence (2001). In: Merrett, S., (ed.), Water for Agriculture: Irrigation Economics in International Perspective. London: Spon Press, pp 112-119
New Institutional Economics: Insights on Innovation Dissemination and UptakE
Dorward, Andrew, Kydd, Jonathan, Morrison, Jamie, Poulton, Colin and Smith, Laurence (2000). In: Hainsworth, S.D., (eds.) and Eden-Green, S.J., (eds.), Sustaining change: proceedings of a workshop on the factors affecting uptake and adoption of Department for International Development (DFID) Crop Protection Programme (CPP) research outputs ; 21-23 June 2000, Imperial College at Wye, Kent, UK. Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK: Natural Resources International Limited, pp 97-103
Distance Learning and its Potential Role in Water Sector Capacity Building
Smith, Laurence and Teshome, A. (1999). In: Alaerts, G.J., (eds.), Hartvelt, F.J.A., (eds.) and Patorni, F.M., (eds.), Water Sector Capacity Building: Concepts and Instruments, Proceedings of the Second UNDP Symposium on Water Sector Capacity Building, Delft, 1996. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema, pp 395-412
Participatory Irrigation Management: A Case Study of Ability to Pay
Smith, Laurence and Sohani, A. (1997). In: Kay, M., (eds.), Franks, Tom, (eds.) and Smith, Laurence, (eds.), Water: Economics, Management and Demand. London: E and FN Spon, Chapman Hall, pp 210-218
Private Groundwater Development in the Lower Indus: Policy Issues
Smith, Laurence and Pathan, P.A. (1996). In: Howsam, Peter, (eds.) and Carter, Richard, (eds.), Water Policy: Allocation and Management in Practice, Proceedings of International Conference on Water Policy, Cranfield University 23-24 September 1996. London: E and FN Spon, Chapman Hall, pp 311-318
Carruthers, I. and Smith, Laurence (1990). Proceedings of the Symposium on Land Drainage for Salinity Control in Arid and SemiArid Regions, Vol 1, Keynotes. Cairo: Nubar Printing House
Technical, Financial and Economic Characteristics of Drainage Projects and their Implications for Project Evaluation: Experience from the Lower Indus Basin
Smith, Laurence and Carruthers, I. (1989). In: Rydzewski, J.R., (eds.) and Ward, C.F., (eds.), Irrigation: Theory and Practice. London: Pentech Press
Commune agroecosystem analysis to support decision making for water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system
Senaratna, S.S., Mith, S., Hoanh, C.T., Johnston, Robyn, Baran, E., Dubois, Marc, Soeun, M., Craig, I., Nam, S. and Smith, Laurence (2010). Colombo, Sri Lanka: (Challenge Program for Water and Food)
Impacts of Irrigation on Inland Fisheries: Appraisals in Laos and Sri Lanka
Nguyen-Khoa, S., Smith, Laurence and Lorenzen, K. (2005). Colombo, Sri Lanka: (Comprehensive Assessment Secretariat. Comprehensive Assessment Research Report 7)
