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"A" irrigation watercourse, "Area Three", Indonesia | Case |
| The resource appropriated from A Watercourse in Area Three is water for irrigation. Area Three is a large irrigation system run by a government agency. At the watercourse level, there are strong village organizations responsible for distributing water and maintaining ditches. These organizations, however, have no role in decisions concerning system-wide management. The boundaries of the location are the boundaries of the watercourse. This is one of four cases studies used in a comparative case... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Irrigation watercourse, "Area Four", Taiwan | Case |
| The resource appropriated from this watercourse in Area Four (actual names of communities removed in case study) is water for irrigation. At the beginning of the study, the authors describe a moderate shortage of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available. Area Four has irrigation associations run by full-time officials, although there used to be farmers' representative committees, but at the time of the study they were temporarily suspended. There are... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Chiangmai irrigation system, Chiangmai Villages Two and One, Chiangmai Province, Thailand | Case |
| This case was part of the original CPR database developed in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University. The resource appropriated from the Chiangmai Irrigation system is water. The head of the irrigation system has two assistant heads, with whom he consults on crucial matters concerning the system. There is a second level of leadership which consists of the heads of each major canal. At the third level of leadership are the village irrigation headmen, who are in... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Agcuyo Irrigation System, Barrio Samoki, Bontoc municipality, Philippines. | Case |
| The case of the Agcuyo Irrigation System is located in the Barrio Samoki 4 km east of Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province, Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation. The system serves an area of 9 hectares cultivated by 50 farmers. At the beginning of the study period, there was a moderately abundant supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available. There was no formal organization or leaders. However, farmers did cooperate... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Silag-Butir Irrigation System, Barrios Pacang, Silag, Butir, and Cabaruan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines | Case |
| In the case of the Silag-Butir Irrigation System, ricefields are located in the adjoining Barrios of Silag, Butir, Pacang and Cabaruan (between 1.5 km and 4 km off Santa Maria municipality) in the Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation. The system serves an area of 115 hectares cultivated by 201-500 total appropriator teams during wet season and 38 hectares during dry season. At the beginning of the period, there was a moderate shortage... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Diaz Ordaz Small-Scale Irrigation System | Case |
| The town of Diaz Ordaz is located in the Tlacolula wing in the Oaxaca Valley, Mexico, and the resource appropiated is water for irrigation. The irrigation system is divided into numerous subunits called tramos, which localize labor mobilization for infrastruture provision. The system alternates between riparian and prior appropriation rights for water according to the discretion of an elected official. The source author hypothesizes that water scarcity during the moisture-sensitive period of... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Balinese Subak irrigation system | Case |
| The rice paddies and irrigation system of this case are near Tihingan village, in the Klungkung district of Bali, Indonesia ‐ 45 km northeast of Denpasar. The original case spans from 1957 to 1959, and it catalogues an action situation involving 455 rice farmers who are members of an organization that regulates irrigation and planting cycles (a subak). The subak system in Bali represents a longstanding tradition for irrigation, dating back to at least the 12th century (some estimates suggest as... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Kheri irrigation system, Sonjo village, Ngorongoro district, Tanzania | Case |
| The case of Kheri Irrigation takes place in Sonjo village of Kheri and its adjacent farmlands within the Ngorongoro district of the Arusah region in Tanzania. The resource appropriated is water flowing from a stream, three springs, furrows, and sluices that supply water for irrigation and domestic uses. The boundaries of the location are defined by the village settlement and the land owned by the village people. There are a total of 101-200 formally organized appropriator teams. After Gray's (... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Kottapalle open-field husbandry and canal irrigation, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, South India | Case |
| Located in the Nowk valley in Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India, Kottapalle has an area of 4,600 acres. The village is in the tail-end of a 20-mile irrigation canal. The original research was conducted from 1980 to 1982. The state Irrigation Department is responsible for regulating water allocation between each outlet between each village from the canal. The local council is responsible for distribution of water to fields in the village. Also,... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Chherlung Thulo Kulo irrigation system, Baugha Gumha Panchayat, Palpa District, southern Nepal | Case |
| The The resource appropriated from Chherlung Thulo Kulo Irrigation is water for irrigation as well as for domestic use in the village of Baugha Gumha Panchayat in Palpa District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal, 10 km . Regarding the use of the irrigation system, there were few adverse affects throughout the entire period in the relationships among appropriation processes. This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the original CPR coding... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Cadchog irrigation system, Bontoc municipality, Philippines | Case |
| Cadchog Irrigation takes place in the Bontoc municipality, Mountain Province, Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation. At the beginning of the period, there was an apparently balanced supply of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available. The irrigation system can generally provide enough water to the appropriators. There is no formal organization to manage this system, although two women have been appointed as leaders. There are... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Sabangan Bato irrigation system, Panangpan, Sabangan Bato, and Bidbiday barrios, Galimuyod, Phillippines | Case |
| The farms served by the Sabangan Bato Irrigation System are located in the adjoining Barrios of Panangpan, Sabangan Bato, and Bidbiday of the town of Galimuyod in the Ilocos Sur Province in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation in canals that divert water from the Candon River to the adjacent farmlands, and open wells located over the fields. At the beginning of the period, there was a moderate shortage of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Argali Raj Kulo irrigation system (Jethi Kulo), Argali village Panchayat, southern Nepal | Case |
| The resource appropriated from Argali Raj Kulo Irrigation (Jethi Kulo) is water for irrigating fields in the Argali Village Panchayat in Palpa District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. The irrigation system consists of a network of canals that receives its water supply from the Kurung Khola stream via another canal. There are strategic points within the resource where the main flow of the water can be controlled, but not considerable variation over space in the availability of water... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Deh Salm Irrigation System | Case |
| The case of Deh Salm Irrigation takes place in the village of Deh Salm, 100 km west of Neh, the southernmost administrative center of the province of Khorasan in eastern Iran. The resource appropriated from Deh Salm Irrigation is water for irrigation and domestic uses (e.g. general washing purposes). At the beginning of the period, there was an extreme shortage of biological and physical resources withdrawn compared to the number of units available. Cultivators of this irrigation system were... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Zanjera Danum indigenous irrigation system, Dingras municipality, Ilocos Norte, Philippines | Case |
| Zanjera Danum is an indigineous irrigation system located in the extreme eastern portion of the coastal lowlands in the municipality of Dingras, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation of approximately 1500 ha of rice paddy in the wet season. The irrigation system contains a network of laterals and ditches which deliver water from a main canal. The system is also divided into 32 subunits called "sitios" with each one having its own leaders. Above the... | 09 Aug 2016 |
