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Takkapala communal irrigation system, Malino village, south Sulawesi, Indonesia | Case |
| The Takkapala communal irrigation system was studied in the Malino village in Indonesia. The resource harvested is water for irrigation. Although an extensive description of the institutions in the Takkapala Communal System was not presented in this case study on irrigation, the authors did highlight the impact of national subsidies on the rehabilitation of two small-scale river-diversion irrigation systems in Indonesia. Subsidies were substantial inducements to the mobilization of local... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Saebah communal irrigation system | Case |
| The Saebah communal system of irrigation was studied in the Cemplang village of West Java in Indonesia. The resource appropriated from Saebah Communal System is water for irrigation. The irrigation system comprises canals that deliver water from a river for irrigation. The study examines the impact of national subsidies on the rehabilitation of two small-scale river-diversion irrigation systems in Indonesia. Subsidies were substantial inducements to the mobilization of local resources, and high... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Irrigation watercourse in Punjab Province | Case |
| The irrigation system being studied is located in the state of Punjab in Pakistan. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation. The authors find that farmers operate their irrigation system under a contradictory system of de jure and de facto rules. Illegal trading of water among farmers occurs frequently. Farmers use extra-legal means to obtain increased water supplies through bribes to Canal Department officials. Farmers organize predominately around brotherhood or kinship groups... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil | Case |
| This case was originally researched and compiled for the SES Library by Matt Cohen in 2013 for the Arizona State University course SOS 591: Applied Robustness Analysis in Social Ecological Systems.The resource appropriated is the city's municipal budget. Local laws enable a participatory process in which citizens influence budget allocations through collaborative deliberation. Citizens holding neighborhood-scale interests deliberate on allocations of the city-wide budget, a finite... | 09 Aug 2016 |
The urban heat commons: vegetation cooling services in Metropolitan Phoenix | Case |
| The case of urban vegetation cooling service at Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA is an addition to the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database. This case was created in 2013 by Yujia Zhang at Arizona State University. Metropolitan Phoenix is one of the fastest growing regions in the southwest U.S. In contrast to its rapid urban expansion, this area possesses inadequate natural resources and faces unique challenges of sustainable development. The commons dilemma in this case is to... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Irrigation water management in the Chancay-Lambayeque Basin, Peru | Case |
| The resource appropriated from the Chancay-Lambayeque Basin is water for irrigation. There are two groups of farmers. One groups is located upstream the main canal of the system, and the second groups downstream. Upstream users are freeriding from the canal: They do not pay for the infrastructure maintenance, and at the same time they appropriate water without any formal regulation. Downstream farmers are members of an irrigation association and follow their rules. The national water law... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Irrigation watercourse, "Area One", Pakistan | Case |
| The resource appropriated from this watercourse in Area One (actual names of communities were removed in the case study) is water for irrigation. Area One is a large irrigation system managed by a government bureaucracy. There are no formal organizations at the watercourse level, though informal arrangements exist in all watercourses for mobilizing farmers to carry out maintenance on a communal basis. The system as a whole is not managed effectively. There are over 5000 total appropriator teams... | 09 Aug 2016 |
A Tailend Watercourse in "Area Two", India | Case |
| The resource appropriated from A Tailend Watercourse in Area Two is water for irrigation to farmlands. The resource discussed in this study is a watercourse located in the tail-end part of a large irrigation system. Area Two is a large irrigation system managed by a government agency. There are neither users' organizations nor effective rules governing water rotation at the watercourse level. Great inequalities exist between head-end and tail-end farmers.This case study is part of the original... | 09 Aug 2016 |
"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 |
T Water User Association self-governance, Fujian province, southern China | Case |
| T water user association, also a farmer organization at village level, is located in Fujian province. It has been operating effectively since its creation in 2001 so this is a successful case of self-management. The main reasons are attributed to 3 aspects: the village’s own water resource of reservoir and river, the inter-nested structure of association, village committee and clan, and the low cost punishment environment of village norms. These promote the farmers to self organize and craft... | 09 Aug 2016 |
Flooding in Cumbria, England | Case |
| Flooding in Cumbria - keswick etc | 09 Aug 2016 |
Banggai Cardinalfish, Indonesia | Case |
| The Banggai Cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) is a species endemic to the Banggai Islands of Indonesia. It has been overfished due to its popularity as an aquarium fish, and is currently listed as "Endangered" on the IUCN Red List. The system lacks appropriate soft public infrastructure to regulate and monitor extraction and trade of the species. | 09 Aug 2016 |
Food exchange networks in ancient agrarian societies, Eastern Mediterranean | Case |
| This is a diachronic case study emphasizing general properties of agricultural production and exchange over 10,000 years of agricultural production in the Eastern Mediterranean. Emphasis is placed on changing relationships between farmers and the individuals and institutions responsible for maintaining food-exchange networks and ensuring equitable distribution of food in times of subsistence crisis. | 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 |
