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The Goulburn Broken Catchment irrigation system, northern Victoria, Australia Resource: Agricultural land Location: Goulburn Broken Catchment, Victoria, Australia The GB catchment covers 2.1 million hectares in the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. Aboriginal people lived in the catchment for millennia before colonization around 1830. The upper, mountainous area of …	Contributors: John M. Anderies, Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Hohokam Cultural Sequence (Irrigation and Foraging), Sonoran Desert, greater Phoenix basin, Arizona, USA Resource: Lower Sonoran watershed and associated terrestrial biodiversity Location: Phoenix Arizona, USA The Hohokam is a Native American cilivilization that emerged and occupied the present day Phoenix Basin area and its outer bounds for a thousand years. The archeological records indicate that …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Jae Hoon David Yu Created: Aug 10, 2016
The inevitability of surprise in agroecosystems Resource: NA Location: NA Many critical transformations of ecosystems contain advanced signals of their imminence, but it is also true that many critical transformations can be shown to contain no such signal, at least …	Contributors: Jae Hoon David Yu Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Innovation Commons: The Nanotechnology Innovation Network, Phoenix, AZ Resource: Innovation Location: Phoenix Arizona, USA  The nanotechnology innovation network of Metropolitan Phoenix ranks among the top thirty across US cities focused on nanotechnology development. The present case examines the structure of the innovation network, consisting …	Contributors: Michael Bernstein, Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Irrigation System of Campo Montiel, La Mancha region, Spain Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: La Mancha, Spain Campo de Montiel Irrigation system is based on an aquifer of 2500 km2, but only that only 3% of it was used for agriculture. Campo de Montiel is located in …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Irrigation System of La Mancha Oriental, La Mancha Region, Albacete and Cuenca provinces, Spain Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: La Mancha region, Albacete and Cuenca provinces, Spain The Mancha Oriental Irrigation system is one aquifer of La Mancha Region, located in Albacete and Cuenca provinces in Spain. The case study involves an analysis of the evolution of the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Irrigation System of Sol y Arena, Campo de Dalías, Almeria, Spain Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Campo de Dalías, Almeria, Spain The Sol y Arena Irrigation system is one of the six irrigation systems (the most irrigated one) of the agricultural area of Campo de Dalías, which is located in Almería, …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Irrigation System of Sol y Poniente, Campo de Dalías, Almeria, Spain Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Campo de Dalías, Almeria, Spain The Sol y Poniente Irrigation system is one of the six irrigation systems of the agricultural area of Campo de Dalías, which is located in Almería, Spain. The case study involves …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos Created: Aug 10, 2016
The irrigation system of the northwest Murcia Region (Spain): robustness of SES to the intrusion of new resource users Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: northwest Murcia region, Spain 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 …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Irene Perez Ibarra Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Kaset Samakee Water User Association, Isan region, northeastern Thailand Resource: Irrigation system Location: South of Nakhon Ratchasima city, Isan region, northeastern Thailand The Kaset Samkee water user association is a part of the The Lam Pra Plerng Irrigation Project, constructed by Thailand's Royal Irrigation Department (RID). RID organized four Water User Associations (WUAs) …	Contributors: John M. Anderies, Md Hasibul Hasan, Shui Yan Tang Created: Aug 10, 2016
The Tsembaga Maring swidden agriculture and animal husbandry, Simbai River Valley, Papua New Guinea Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Simbai River Valley, Papua New Guinea Tsembaga Maring are a group of horticulturists who live in the highlands of New Guinea. The main resource upon which they relied on is swidden agriculture. The Tsembaga also practiced …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Jae Hoon David Yu Created: Aug 10, 2016
The urban heat commons: vegetation cooling services in Metropolitan Phoenix Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Metropolitan Phoenix 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 …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Yujia Zhang Created: Aug 10, 2016
Tourism and Natural Infrastructure in Community de Agua Blanca, Puerto Lopez, Ecuador Resource: Forest, land Location: Agua Blanca, Puerto Lopez, Manabi, Ecuador Agua Blanca Community is located in the province of Manabí, in the municipality of Puerto López, Machalilla parish. The community, founded in 1930, is within the Machalilla National Park, and …	Contributors: Cesar Paul Montalvo Clavijo Created: Dec 2, 2018
Tourists and traditional divers in a common fishing ground Resource: N/A Location: NA Lee & Iwasa (2011) study socio-ecological models for a fishing ground open to tourists. On Jeju Island, Korea, women traditional divers called “Haenyeo” harvest resources in a common fishing ground. …	Contributors: Jae Hoon David Yu Created: Aug 10, 2016
Traditional irrigation practices of Ladakh (Alchi village), India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Alchi village, Jammu and Kashmir districts, India The village of Alchi is located on the banks of the Indus river in the Ladakh division of the Jammu and Kashmir districts, India.  It encompasses an unknown geographical area …	Contributors: Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
Traditional irrigation practices of Ladakh (Sabu village), India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Sabu (aka Saboo) village, Jammu and Kashmir districts, India The village of Sabu (aka Saboo) is located several km from the town of Leh in the Ladakh division of the Jammu and Kashmir districts, India.  It encompasses an unknown …	Contributors: Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
Traditional irrigation practices of Ladakh (villages of Phuktse, Shara, and Sharnos), India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Phuktse, Shara and Sharnos villages, Jammu/Kashmir districts, India The villages of Phuktse, Shara, and Sharnos are located in the Ladakh division of the Jammu and Kashmir districts, India.  The villages are successively downstream from each other, beginning with …	Contributors: Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
Traditional irrigation practices of Ladakh (villages of Phyang and Phey), India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Phey and Phyang villages, India The villages of Phyang and Phey are located northwest and southwest from the town of Leh in the Ladakh division of the Jammu and Kashmir districts, India, and are upstream …	Contributors: Ute Brady Created: Aug 10, 2016
T Water User Association self-governance, Fujian province, southern China Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Fujian province, China 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 …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Ying CHAI Created: Aug 10, 2016
Valenca Canoe Fishery Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem Location: Valenca, Bahia, Brazil The port of Valenca, which is popular for its canoe-fishing tradition, is located in the state of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. The original case spans from 1970-1971; the resource units …	Contributors: Livia Cruz, Edella Schlager, Kayla Tarr, Sechindra Vallury Created: Aug 10, 2016
Village 1 forest community, Almora district, India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Village 1, Almora district (middle Himalayas range), India The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin Created: Aug 10, 2016
Village 2 forest community, Almora district, India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Village 2, Almora district (middle Himalayas), India The community forests disccused in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin Created: Aug 10, 2016
Village 3 forest community, Almora district, India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Village 3, Almora district (middle Himalayas), India The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin Created: Aug 10, 2016
Village 4 community forest, Almora District, Uttarakhand, India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Village 4, Almora district (middle Himalayas), Utterakhand, India The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin Created: Aug 10, 2016
Village 5 community forest, Almora district, Uttarakhand, India Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Village 5, Almora district (middle Himalayas), Uttarakhand, India The community forests discussed in this case study are called panchayat forests. They are managed by local institutions called van panchayats. The forests and van panchayats all lie in the …	Contributors: Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin Created: Aug 10, 2016

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