Resource intruders and robustness of social-ecological systems: An irrigation system of Southeast Spain, a case study

TitleResource intruders and robustness of social-ecological systems: An irrigation system of Southeast Spain, a case study
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsPérez I, Janssen MA, Tenza A, Giménez M, Pedreño A, Giménez A
JournalInternational Journal of the Commons
Volume5
Issue2
Pagination410-432
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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The irrigation system of the northwest Murcia Region (Spain): robustness of SES to the intrusion of new resource users

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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