Warabandi as a sociotechnical system for canal water allocation: opportunities and challenges for reform

TitleWarabandi as a sociotechnical system for canal water allocation: opportunities and challenges for reform
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsNarain V
JournalWater Policy
Volume10
Start Page409
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Chawk 16000L Dhabi Minor irrigation system

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The Irrigation System is located in the village Dhabi Kalan, Haryana, India at 100 miles northwest of India. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation that flows through a canal to a command area. The original cases were reported in 1980 by two authors. One author (Vander Velde 1980) argues that the irrigation system has benefited the dominant caste, Jat, more than other poorer castes in Dhabi Kalan. Another researcher, Reidinger (1980), suggests that...
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