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tarahumara gentiles agriculture, sierra madres, northwest mexico | Case |
| the resource under consideration here is arable land. arable land is a common pool resource in this case. on the dimensions of subtractability and excludability defined by ostrom (2005), land is highly subtractble, but it is difficult to exclude resource users from land that is not continuously cultivated. in essence, cultivating a parcel of land means that there is less available land in the system; however, it is very difficult to exclude people from obtaining sufficient land for their... | 09 Aug 2016 |
parwara village van panchayat: institutional change | Case |
| the main appropriated resources are grass, used mainly for cattle grazing and compost, and forest tress, used mostly for fuel wood and construction timber. almost all of the total resource units appropriated in the parwara van panchayat (vp) forest are officially regulated by the parwara van panchayat committee (vpc), timber and resin are regulated by the state forest department. the nainital district magistrate, and the van panchayat inspector, who is employed by the state revenue department,... | 09 Aug 2016 |
brander-taylor model and variations | Case |
| brander-taylor easter island model and its variations. brander and taylor (1998) summarizes the background of the model as the following., easter island (also called rapa nui) is a small pacific island over 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from the coast of chile, with a population (as of the early 1990's) of about 2,100. for the past two centuries, easter island has been regarded as a major archaeological and anthropological mystery. in particular, the polynesian civilization in place at the time... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the irrigation system of the northwest murcia region (spain): robustness of ses to the intrusion of new resource users | Case |
| farmers in the northwest murcia region (spain) have used for centuries the water from springs to irrigate their lands. they are organized in irrigation communities adapted to cope with rainfall variability. this system was robust in terms of its use of the water emerging from the springs to irrigate small patches of land. in recent decades, large agrarian companies have settled in this region and use groundwater to irrigate new lands. this intrusion had led the levels of this resource to drop... | 09 Aug 2016 |
agricultural water use and the 1980 groundwater management act: institutional change and water conservation in south-central az | Case |
| the seminal 1980 groundwater management act (gma) in arizona, usa is an institution designed to curb groundwater overdraft through a combination of conservation strategies, augmentation and supply development, and reduction in agricultural water use through strict prohibition of its expansion in designated areas called active management areas (amas). with urbanization pressures and the halting of agricultural expansion, agriculture in the phoenix and pinal amas uses less water on the whole than... | 09 Aug 2016 |
fishery robustness diagram | Case |
| this case is to illustrate the functionality of the dynamic robustness diagram. right now, the descriptions are very limited. they will become much more detailed as the research continues. | 09 Aug 2016 |
taos valley acequias community-based irrigation system, taos, new mexico, usa | Case |
| key findings: the taos valley acequias have survived for several hundred years as a community-based irrigation system due to a mix of social and biophysical features. these include: a low-cost decentralized monitoring system that is enabled by both water distribution institutions and the geographic location of users multiple levels of governance built up by key actors within each acequia a system of shallow groundwater aquifers which are particularly important during droughts, and which are... | 09 Aug 2016 |
does the u.s. farm bill help farmers' markets feed the poor? | Case |
| food justice advocates increasingly turn to farmers' markets to alleviate poor nutrition among underserved communities in the united states. in addition, farmers markets serve to create new farms and food businesses, create activity in downtowns and neighborhoods, and offer a local and distributed alternative to an increasingly concentrated and vulnerable food and grocery distribution system. the u.s. department of agriculture 2008 farm bill recognizes the importance of farmers'... | 09 Aug 2016 |
whaling practices among the makah indians, neah bay, washington state, usa | Case |
| the case examines the whaling practices of the makah indians of washington state. after practicing whaling for thousands of years, the makah were forced to stop due to commercial whaling during the late 1800s and early 1900s. in the 1990s, the makah began efforts to begin whaling again due to increased whale populations. since their only successful whale hunt in 1999, the makah have faced continual litigation from animal rights activists. | 09 Aug 2016 |
historical forest common property regime, slovakia, central europe | Case |
| the forestry sector has traditionally been a strong resort in most of central european countries, as the forest covers approximately 30 - 40 % of the their territories. the management of forest resources is characterized by existence of a long forestry tradition, and dynamic evolution of the forest ownership structure originated in 17th century. these systems have been experiencing a range of disturbances, including change of political regimes, economic conditions and environmental changes that... | 09 Aug 2016 |
parwara van panchayat forest: social structure and exogenous drivers | Case |
| this paper is an extension of two prior case studies about the parwara van panchayat (forest council):, the 1988 parwara van panchayat forest which covered the status of this social-ecological system (ses) from approx. 1931 to 1985 (case no. 34); and, the 2008 parwara van panchayat forest ii which provided a ses update up to 2007 (case no. 159)., for purposes of this report, the ses study boundaries were extended beyond the parwara village van panchayat to include an institutional analysis of... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the hohokam cultural sequence (irrigation and foraging), sonoran desert, greater phoenix basin, arizona, usa | Case |
| the hohokam is a native american cilivilization that emerged and occupied the present day phoenix basin area and its outer bounds for a thousand years. the archeological records indicate that the hohokam society evolved into a complex irrigation society and reached its peak in levels of population, social institutions, and irrigation infrastructure by the 11th century. perplexingly though, the hohokam society subsequently declined and collapsed by the mid 14th century. as they declined, the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
agave cultivation in the arid pre-hispanic, villanueva municipality, state of zacatecas, northern mexico | Case |
| agave is a perennial plant that can be used for multiple purposes: as edible materials for yielding caloric values and as fiber materials for producing items like clothing, ropes, and baskets. historical records indicate that the cultivation of agave was a common practice in pre-hispanic northern mexico and the american southwest. it is generally accepted among archeologists that the agave cultivation was linked to the strategy of ensuring food supply when maize cropping failed from droughts.... | 09 Aug 2016 |
the alaskan pollock fishery, bering sea, usa | Case |
| the alaskan pollock fishery has been described as a management success, largery attributed to the adoption of itqs, with allocations to catchers, processers, and to alaskan communities. the processor-fisher relationship seems key to the current success at reducing effort in the fishery. quota is split among catcher-vessels (45%), catcher processer vessels (36%), motherships (9%), and community development quota groups (10%). there is a much smaller number of boats fishing than before... | 09 Aug 2016 |
tanowong bwasao irrigation ii, philippines | Case |
| this paper is an update on a prior case study about the bwasao irrigation system (case nos. 38 and 39) analyzing albert s. bacdayan's 1980 case study on the tanowong people of three distinct villages in the northern philippines., for purposes of this report, the ses study boundaries were, expanded to include the entire cordillera region in the northern philippines., case summary:, since the tanowong people built the bwasao irrigation canal in 1954 to accommodate the villages' growing... | 09 Aug 2016 |