Irrigation and Community in the Central Peruvian Highlands

TitleIrrigation and Community in the Central Peruvian Highlands
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1976
AuthorsMitchell WP
JournalAmerican Anthropologist
Volume78
Pagination25-44
Source DocumentAccessible with appropriate permission
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Lurin Sayoc Irrigation, Quinua District, Peru

Case
Lurin Sayoc is one of the two barrios of Quinua district of Ayacucho Province in the Peruvian highlands. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation distributed through a canal, diverted by stream. The original case was reported in 1976 and 1977 and catalogues an action situation involving 5,348 people. The author reported many fights around water use.This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. A summary of the original CPR...
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