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Munglori "Turf" (forest territory) Management, India | Case |
| Munglori is a village in Uttaranchal, India. The resource appropriated from Munglori Turf Management is fodder. There is a system of informal, locally recognized rules which are respected in and across villages and through which the local oak forests are managed. These rules supersede national laws and result in a reasonable level of forest management. Both institutional and geographical factors affect the boundary of the resource. From the standpoint of social-ecological systems analysis... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Na Pae and Muang Mai Irrigation Systems, Ban Pae Luang, Thailand | Case |
| The Na Pae Irrigation System is located in the village of Ban Pae Luang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation diverted through canals from Mae Pae River. The original case was reported in 1983 and catalogues an action situation involving 80 members. At the beginning of the period discussed by the authors, there was a balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nabagram irrigation system, Comilla district, Bangladesh | Case |
| The Nabagram Irrigation System is located in Comilla District in Bangladesh. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated by a tube well The original case was reported in 1979 and catalogues an action situation involving 50 families. Nabagram improved its efficiency and technology largely through mobilization of locally provided and controlled resources, developing only limited dependency on a government agency.This case study is part of the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nae Pae and Muang Mai Irrigation Systems | Case |
| Fai Muang Mai is one of three irrigation systems along the Mae Klang River in the Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. Muang Mai is the most upstream of the Mae Klang River irrigation systems and provides irrigation to 800 hectares of riceland and orchards through a weir and canal network. The system is managed and maintained by an irrigation organization known as Mu Muang Mai, composed of farmers within the command area. The original case includes a comparative analysis of two traditional irrigation... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nam Tan Irrigation Project | Case |
| The Muong Phieng Valley is located in the Nam Tam watershed in the Sainyabuli Province of western Laos. The main agricultural product is rice. The area suffered major infrastructural changes in two periods. First, during the Nam Tam Irrigation project administered by USAID and the Lao government in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Second, during the Nam Tam Rehabilitation project in the 1990s, supervised by UNDP, UNCF and the Lao government.This case was part of the original CPR database... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Naya Dhara Ko Kulo (Kot Village Panchayat), Sindhu Palchok district, Nepal | Case |
| This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database developed in the 1980's by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University. A summary of the original CPR coding conducted in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University may be found under the CPR tab in the Institutional Analysis section below. This case is also part of the original Nepal Irrigation Institutions and Systems (NIIS) database developed in the 1980's by a team of... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nayband irrigation system | Case |
| The Nayband Irrigation system is located in The province of Khorasan in north eastern Iran. The original case was reported in 1971 and 1972, and catalogues an action situation involving approximately 80 agricultural related families. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation, which is delivered by canals.This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the original CPR coding conducted in the 1980s by Edella Schlager... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nazareno-Gamutan communal irrigation system | Case |
| The Nazareno-Gamutan system is a communal irrigation system that appropriates water for rice cultivation in Misamis Occidental Province, Philippines. It is composed of canals that deliver water from the Langaran River and the Dokaling Creek to roughly 1200 hectares of nearby farmlands within the municipality of Plaridel. There are an estimated 2500 rice farmers who appropriate water from the system. The communal Nazareno Gamutan Irrigation System (NGIS), owned by Nazareno Gamutan Agricultural... | 09 Aug 2016 |
New Kingdom Egyptian Agriculture | Case |
| Situated in the Nile Valley from Aswan to the Mediterranean, New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1050 B.C.) had an agrarian economy - almost entirely dependent on agriculture for subsistence. Because the climate was too dry for rain-fed farming, all agriculture was restricted to the narrow Nile Valley floodplain. However, due to spatio-temporal fluctuations in Nile flood levels, the amount of water (and thus arable land) in New Kingdom Egypt could also fluctuate greatly. In order to mitigate the risks... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Newfoundland Inshore Cod Trap Fisheries, Canada | Case |
| The inshore cod trap fisheries discussed in this case are primarily located along the eastern and north shores of Newfoundland, Canada, encompassing an unknown geographical area. The case study discusses the development of community-based institutions over time and then compares this with larger scale policy development for offshore fishing and economic development which lead to the demise of the community-based inshore fishery institutions after 1960. This case is detailed in... | 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... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Nohwa-do and Bogil-do, Communal Water Resources Management, South Korea | Case |
| Nohwa-do and Bogil-do are South Korea's southernmost islands, located off the coast of the province of Jeollanam-do. They are connected by a bridge and share a reservoir in Bogil-do. The inhabitants of the two islands have to share water since Nohwa-do lacked a reservoir.The primary causes of the commons dillemma in Nohwa-do and Bogil do are a lack of appropriate and effective public participation and a hierarchical decision-making process between local government and central government... | 09 Dec 2022 |
Nyamaropa Communal Area, Nyanga District, Zimbabwe | Case |
| The Nyamaropa communal area encompasses a total of five villages located in the Nyanga District in Zimbabwe. Beyond individual homestead plots and fields, the communities have access rights to an unspecified acreage of grazing/woodland commons that consist of miombo woodlands on mountain and hill slopes and Terminalia-Combretum vegetation in the lowlands. The time period examined involves a snapshot in time in approximately the late 1990s and is based on the author’s personal... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Oaig-Daya irrigation system, Oaig-Daya and Parioc barrios, Candon municipality, Ilocos Sur, Philippines | Case |
| The resource appropriated from Oaig-Daya Irrigation System is water for irrigation, and the system consists of canals that deliver water from the Oaig-Daya Creek to the nearby farmlands in the neighboring barrios of Oaig-Daya and Parioc of the municipality Candon in Ilocos Sur, Philippines. There are 51-100 total appropriator teams appropriating from the resource. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Obara pond irrigation system, Niiike Buraku, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan | Case |
| The resource appropriated from Obara Pond is water for irrigation, and the case takes place in the settlement of Niiike Buraku on the coastal plain of Okayama Prefecture in the Honshu island of Japan. This irrigation system is comprised of a pond a little more than two acres in area, as well as the ditches that lead water to 10 acres of farmland. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units... | 09 Aug 2016 |