Furrow irrigation system of the Marakwet escarpment in Kenya
Case details
- Resource system
- Watershed and associated topography
- Resource units
- Freshwater for irrigation
- Location
- Elgeyo Marakwet district, Kerio valley, Kenya (Kenya)
Location map
Description
This case was part of a study to determine whether the institutional design principles of Ostrom where, in fact, related to "governance success" by Cox et al. In that analysis, this case was classified as a success.
Institutional analysis
Institutional analysis document
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Coded institutional data
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System representation
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Sources
Contributors
- Ute Brady, Arizona State University
- Elicia Ratajczyk, Arizona State University
Bibliography
- (1997). Water, rules and gender: water rights in an indigenous irrigation system, Marakwet, Kenya. Development and Change. 28 : 707-730