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Peer Reviewed Papers:

1.Wight, C., Garmany, K., Smith, R., Garrick., D., Iseman., T. (2023). Targets and Tradeoffs: designing Environmental Water Transactions to navigate compounding competition in the San Saba River of Texas. In preparation for Water Resources Research

2. Wight, C., Garmany, K., Arima, E., Garrick., D., Armitano., E. (2023). Texas Water Markets: taking stock of their trends, drivers, and future potential. In preparation for Ecological Economics

3. Garrick, D., Balasubramanya, S., Beresford, M., Wutich, A., Gilson, G. G., Jorgensen, I., ... & Wight, C. (2023). A systems perspective on water markets: barriers, bright spots, and building blocks for the next generation. Environmental Research Letters, 18(3), 031001.

4. Wight, C., Garrick, D., and Iseman, T. (2021). Mapping incentives for sustainable water use: global potential, local pathways. Environ. Res. Commun. 3, 041002. 10.1088/2515-7620/abf15c.

5. Busby, J., Smith, T.G., Krishnan, N., Wight, C., and Vallejo-Gutierrez, S. (2018). In harm’s way: Climate security vulnerability in Asia. World Development 112, 88–118. 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.07.007.

6. Garrick, D., Stefano, L.D., Yu, W., Jorgensen, I., O’Donnell, E., Turley, L., Aguilar-Barajas, I., Dai, X., Leão, R. de S., Punjabi, B., Wight, C. et al. (2019). Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions. Environ. Res. Lett. 14, 043003. 10.1088/1748-9326/ab0db7.

7. Garrick, D., Iseman, T., Gilson, G., Brozovic, N., O’Donnell, E., Matthews, N., Miralles-Wilhelm, F., Wight, C., and Young, W. (2020). Scalable solutions to freshwater scarcity: Advancing theories of change to incentivise sustainable water use. Water Security 9, 100055. 10.1016/j.wasec.2019.100055.

8. Latrubesse, E.M., Arima, E.Y., Dunne, T., Park, E., Baker, V.R., d’Horta, F.M., Wight, C., Wittmann, F., Zuanon, J., Baker, P.A., et al. (2017). Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin. Nature 546, 363–369. 10.1038/nature22333.

Published Reports:

Kyle Garmany, Charles Wight, Texas Water Markes Review: Historic trends, future potential. The Nature Conservancy, Texas: nature.org/texaswatermarkets

Ashley Moran, Joshua W. Busby, Clionadh Raleigh, Todd G. Smith, Roudabeh Kishi, Nisha Krishnan, and Charles Wight. 2017. The Intersection of Global Climate and Fragility Risks. Washington: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation.

Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Joshua W. Busby, Charles Wight, and Nisha Krishnan. 2017. Climate and Fragility Risks in Bangladesh. Washington: USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation.

Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Joshua W. Busby, and Charles Wight. 2017. Climate and Fragility Risks in Colombia. Washington: USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation.

Ashley Moran, Clionadh Raleigh, Joshua W. Busby, and Charles Wight. 2017. Climate and Fragility Risks in Nigeria. Washington: USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation.

Published Maps:

Joshua W. Busby, Todd G. Smith, Nisha Krishnan, and Charles Wight. 2016. Subnational Climate Exposure Indicator Maps and Raster Layers, Produced for USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. Austin: Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Roudabeh Kishi, Andrew Linke, Charles Wight, Clionadh Raleigh, and Ashley Moran. 2016. National Fragility Indicator Maps, Produced for USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. Austin: Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Todd G. Smith, Charles Wight, Nisha Krishnan, Roudabeh Kishi, Andrew Linke, Joshua W. Busby, Ashley Moran, and Clionadh Raleigh. 2016. Climate and Fragility Bivariate Map Data, Produced for USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. Austin: Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law.

Wight C., Potential Flooded Areas of Dams in the Magdalena River. International Rivers (2015) https://www.internationalrivers.org/resources/9195

Teaching (recent):

Environmental Flows module – Oxford School of Geography and the Environment. Fall 2020 – Fall 2022.

Introducing Mapping, Spatial Data & GIS- School of continuing education. Summer 2021- present

GIS course – DPhil training course Spring 2021

Academic Journal Reviewer:

Water Resources Research

Ecological Economics

Non-specialist outreach:

Springboard lesson on water scarcity https://tripetto.app/run/41ZY6L3LM0

Oxide Radio podcast on water markets: https://www.mixcloud.com/oxideradio_live/broxit-s1e2-ft-charles-wight-water-mark/

Waterloo Podcast: forthcoming