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coastal vulnerability to climate change in the languedoc coastal region, southern france | Case |
| the languedoc coastal zone is located in the delta region of the river rhone bordering the mediterranean sea between montpellier and the petite camargue in southern france. the study site also encompasses 20 km (~12.43 miles) of the inland area, including numerous communities of various sizes, the lez and vistre rivers, coastal lagoons and basins, and a mix of freshwater and brackish wetlands. the languedoc study area is characterized by an action arena in which (1) rapid population growth is... | 09 Aug 2016 |
coastal vulnerability to climate change in eden district municipality, western cape province, south africa | Case |
| the local municipalities of bitou, knysna, george, mossel bay, and hessequa are situated in the garden route along the south coast of south africa in the eden district municipality, western cape province. the study area encompasses human developments along the coastline that stretch from the mouth of the bloukrans river in the east to the breede estuary (witsand) in the west, and inland to the foot of the cape fold mountains. the eden district action arena is characterized by (1) a poorly... | 09 Aug 2016 |
village s irrigation system, qiyi irrigation district, zhuolu county, hebei province, china | Case |
| village s irrigation system is located in the qiyi irrigation district, zhuolu county, hebei province, china. its water supply is from sanggan river delivered by local water agency through the main canals. this village committee managed system is a failure case, although this system exists more than 40 years. its water fees collection rate keeps on only 40% and more than 50% delivered water is wasted due to the poor infrastructure. the main reason for its inefficiency management is because the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
t water user association self-governance, fujian province, southern china | Case |
| t water user association, also a farmer organization at village level, is located in fujian province. it has been operating effectively since its creation in 2001 so this is a successful case of self-management. the main reasons are attributed to 3 aspects: the village's own water resource of reservoir and river, the inter-nested structure of association, village committee and clan, and the low cost punishment environment of village norms. these promote the farmers to self organize and... | 09 Aug 2016 |
flooding in cumbria, england | Case |
| flooding in cumbria - keswick etc | 09 Aug 2016 |
the goulburn broken catchment irrigation system, northern victoria, australia | Case |
| the gb catchment covers 2.1 million hectares in the murray-darling basin in australia. aboriginal people lived in the catchment for millennia before colonization around 1830. the upper, mountainous area of the catchment (900 000 ha) is more than 50% forested. the mid catchment (1 million ha) of riverine plains, low slopes and foothills has less than 20% of native vegetation cover remaining, which is highly fragmented, and the rest is used for dryland cropping and grazing. the shepparton... | 09 Aug 2016 |
ngo-facilitated community irrigation system in kasungu district, malawi | Case |
| the exact location of the malawi irrigation system is undisclosed due to anonymity concerns. however, it is generally located in the administrative district of kasungu in central malawi and encompasses an unknown geographical area. the case study involves a snapshot in time from approximately 2001/2002 to 2007 and catalogues an action situation involving seven villages organized in an unknown number of households. the villagers initially farmed their fields independently until a non-... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the irrigation system of sol y arena, campo de dalias, almeria, spain | Case |
| the sol y arena irrigation system is one of the six irrigation systems (the most irrigated one) of the agricultural area of campo de dalias, which is located in almeria, spain. it encompasses a geographical area of 6,000 ha. the case study involves an analysis of the evolution of the system in different stages: from 1953 in which the system was created to the date of the research in 2000. the authors catalogue an action situation involving 4095 users, of which only 2,952 are from the community... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the irrigation system of sol y poniente, campo de dalias, almeria, spain | Case |
| the sol y poniente irrigation system is one of the six irrigation systems of the agricultural area of campo de dalias, which is located in almeria, spain. the case study involves an analysis of the evolution of the system in different stages: from 1988 in which the system was created to the date of the research in 2000. the authors catalogue an action situation involving users that appropriates water from the beninar reservoir which is a public production resource, with public distributions... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the irrigation system of la mancha oriental, la mancha region, albacete and cuenca provinces, spain | Case |
| the mancha oriental irrigation system is one aquifer of la mancha region, located in albacete and cuenca provinces in spain. the case study involves an analysis of the evolution of the system from 1975 to 2000. the extension of the land is 8,500km 2 but only 1,000km 2 is irrigated. the authors catalogue an action situation involving users that appropriates groundwater as resource units from the jucar hydrographic confederation. the original case study authors focused on institutions for... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the irrigation system of campo montiel, la mancha region, spain | Case |
| campo de montiel irrigation system is based on an aquifer of 2500 km 2 , but only that only 3% of it was used for agriculture. campo de montiel is located in la mancha region, in spain. the case study involves an analysis of the evolution of the system from 1980 to 2000. the authors catalogue an action situation involving 29,000 total users that appropriate groundwater as the resource unit from the high basin of guadiana river, but only 101 farmers appropriate groundwater for irrigation... | 09 Aug 2016 |
heterogeneity in the commons: hard infrastructure and its effects on collective action and public goods provisioning | Case |
| we compare three artisanal fisheries ( lagoon fishery in greece ; kembong fishery in thailand ; and the green turtle fishery in nicaragua ) and tangentially draw on three small-scale irrigation systems ( tirunelveli and kottapalle in south india, and nabagram in bangladesh) in order to understand the impact of hard infrastructure on the prospects of collective action with specific reference to the rules-in-use related to common pool resource (cpr) management. based on the small subset of cases... | 09 Aug 2016 |
open access publishing | Case |
| open access publishing is located on the world wide web, accessible anywhere where there is both internet access and a capable computer. open access publishing is directly related to the digital knowledge commons, which started with the advent of the internet around the 1950s and spans into present day and catalogues an action situation of over 3 billion people who have active access to the internet. the resource unit is peer-reviewed scholarly information or "high quality"... | 09 Aug 2016 |
analysis of phoenix, az heat as a social ecological system | Case |
| cities have a finite capacity to dissipate heat into the environment; i consider this a resource that phoenix residents use within a resource system. this resource can be amplified or attenuated by human-made public and private infrastructure, which can include, public green spaces and building codes, or private net-heat-generating air conditioning and automobiles. the common pool resource dilemma is the potential for under investment in public infrastructure and over appropriation of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
banggai cardinalfish, indonesia | Case |
| the banggai cardinalfish (pterapogon kauderni) is a species endemic to the banggai islands of indonesia. it has been overfished due to its popularity as an aquarium fish, and is currently listed as "endangered" on the iucn red list. the system lacks appropriate soft public infrastructure to regulate and monitor extraction and trade of the species. | 09 Aug 2016 |