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village 5 community forest, almora district, uttarakhand, india | Case |
the community forests discussed in this case study are called, panchayat, forests. they are managed by local institutions called, van panchayats, . the forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle himalayan ranges in almora district. almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the uttarakhand in uttar pradesh. the analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. village 5 is one of six villages located in the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
village 6 community forest, almora district, uttarakhand, india | Case |
the community forests discussed in this case study are called, panchayat, forests. they are managed by local institutions called, van panchayats, . the forests and van panchayats all lie in the middle himalayan ranges in almora district, india. almora is one of the eight mountainous districts that together comprise the uttarakhand in uttar pradesh. the analysis focuses on the effects of institutional rules on fodder and fuelwood use in community forests. village 6 is one of six villages located... | 09 Aug 2016 |
communal irrigation management, lari, colca valley, peru | Case |
this study focuses on water use in irrigation. the case is characterized by well-defined boundaries: once water enters an irrigation cluster it comes under the control of the landowners. there is evidence of congruence between appropriation and provision rules and local conditions as water is distributed according to time sequence (p. 57), spatial sequence (p. 58), and crop irrigation sequence (p. 59, 105). the sequence can be adjusted within a irrigation cluster since microclimates, topography... | 09 Aug 2016 |
water user association of the fuente palmera, cordoba, spain | Case |
the fuente y palmera irrigation association involves 5 municipalities (fuente palmera, hornachuelos, ecija, posadas, y guadalcazar) in the guadalquivir basin, in spain.the resource unit is surface water (mainly from guadalquivir river). it encompasses a geographical area of 5,259 ha of irrigated land, divided in 79 groups of users. the case study spans from 1985 to 1997. the original case study authors focused on monitoring and institutional performance. the case study has subsequently been... | 09 Aug 2016 |
bison management in the jackson hole valley, wyoming, usa | Case |
the bison management case in the grand teton national park (gtnp) is a new case that will be integrated into the common pool-resource (cpr) database. the jackson hole valley (jhv) is a prime example of an iconic place. the natural environment surrounding the town of jackson, wyoming, is the resource system upon which wildlife and human settlements rely. this natural environment provides numerous streams of goods and services to all wildlife and many interested subgroups. for many of these... | 09 Aug 2016 |
gambhira cooperative farming society, india | Case |
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. | 09 Aug 2016 |
global wildlife markets and whale conservation | Case |
this case study coincides with a master's thesis project conducted by melanie sturm in 2013-2014. it is an analysis of the relevance for wildlife markets to meet conservation objectives. markets stand to be instrumental as more natural resources face the risk of overexploitation and/ or under-provision of proper control mechanisms and supporting infrastructure. granted, market solutions are not a panacea, but there are settings and species for which rights-based management is appropriate,... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the innovation commons: the nanotechnology innovation network, phoenix, az | Case |
the nanotechnology innovation network of metropolitan phoenix ranks among the top thirty across us cities focused on nanotechnology development. the present case examines the structure of the innovation network, consisting of approximately 400 diverse organizations, between 2011 and 2012. the commons dilemma revolves around managing future risks and benefits from nanotechnology development; the resource is a heterogenous mix of natural and human-made infrastructures. | 09 Aug 2016 |
participatory budgeting in porto alegre, brazil | Case |
this case was originally researched and compiled for the ses library by matt cohen in 2013 for the arizona state university course sos 591: applied robustness analysis in social ecological systems. the resource appropriated is the city's municipal budget. local laws enable a participatory process in which citizens influence budget allocations through collaborative deliberation. citizens holding neighborhood-scale interests deliberate on allocations of the city-wide budget, a finite... | 09 Aug 2016 |
marine protected areas in the gulf of california, sonora, mexico | Case |
marine protected areas remain as one of the most popular tools for the conservation and management of natural resources in marine ecosystems. however, mere establishment of mpas without the proper design, management, or enforcement tools may give a false sense of security that such mpas will be enough to sustain marine resources. the gulf of california (goc), in mexico, has received a great deal of attention over the past 20 years as a region where conservation and resource management efforts... | 09 Aug 2016 |
teleconnected vulnerabilities of mexican and vietnamese coffee systems | Case |
the case study of smallholder coffee producers' vulnerability in mexico and vietnam was published in the journal environmental science and policy in 2008. the authors hallie eakin, alexanda winkels and jan sendzimir explore cross-scale linkages and teleconnectons in the mexican and vietnamese coffee systems. this case study is an addition to the ses library and was entered in 2013 by ashwina mahanti at arizona state university. the original case study illustrates that vulnerability in a... | 09 Aug 2016 |
information provision about algae biocrude innovation | Case |
this case focuses on information provision by sapphire energy that is therefore a part of the innovation feedback system. this information is a public good because this is the information that is available for collective action. innovation information primarily exists in other forms such as private goods and club goods, but this information cannot be used to inform our common future. it is the provision of this public good that is the subject of analysis because it provides insight into the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the urban heat commons: vegetation cooling services in metropolitan phoenix | Case |
the case of urban vegetation cooling service at metropolitan phoenix, arizona, usa is an addition to the original common-pool resource (cpr) database. this case was created in 2013 by yujia zhang at arizona state university. metropolitan phoenix is one of the fastest growing regions in the southwest u.s. in contrast to its rapid urban expansion, this area possesses inadequate natural resources and faces unique challenges of sustainable development. the commons dilemma in this case is to balance... | 09 Aug 2016 |
irrigation water management in the chancay-lambayeque basin, peru | Case |
the resource appropriated from the chancay-lambayeque basin is water for irrigation. there are two groups of farmers. one groups is located upstream the main canal of the system, and the second groups downstream. upstream users are freeriding from the canal: they do not pay for the infrastructure maintenance, and at the same time they appropriate water without any formal regulation. downstream farmers are members of an irrigation association and follow their rules. the national water law... | 09 Aug 2016 |
coastal vulnerability to climate change in cornwall, united kingdom | Case |
cornwall is located in southwest england on the cornish peninsula. it stretches between the cities of bude and plymouth in the north and penzance and falmouth in the south. the study area encompasses numerous communities of various sizes in the coastal and inland areas, including within the tamar catchment along the rivers camel, fowey, looe, as well as coastal lagoons and basins, and a mix of freshwater and brackish wetlands. the cornwall study site is catalogued by an action arena in which: (... | 09 Aug 2016 |