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Case Studies of Social-Ecological-Technical Systems
266 case studies available
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Haskovo's Irrigation System B, southern Bulgaria
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Haskovo region, Bulgaria
The Haskovo region is located along the southern border of Bulgaria near both Turkey and Greece. The four study sites contained within the case study are deliberately kept anonymous but …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Haskovo's Irrigation System C, southern Bulgaria
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Haskovo region, Bulgaria
The Haskovo region is located along the southern border of Bulgaria near both Turkey and Greece. The four study sites contained within the case study are deliberately kept anonymous but …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Haskovo's Irrigation System D, southern Bulgaria
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Haskovo region, Bulgaria
The Haskovo region is located along the southern border of Bulgaria near both Turkey and Greece. The four study sites contained within the case study are deliberately kept anonymous but …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Heterogeneity in the Commons: Hard Infrastructure and Its Effects on Collective Action and Public Goods Provisioning
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem / watershed and associated topography
Location: Nicaragua, Greece, Thailand, and India
We compare three artisanal fisheries (Lagoon fishery in Greece; Kembong fishery in Thailand; and the Green turtle fishery in Nicaragua) and tangentially draw on three small-scale irrigation systems (Tirunelveli and …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Historical forest common property regime, Slovakia, central Europe
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Slovakia, Europe
The forestry sector has traditionally been a strong resort in most of Central European countries, as the forest covers approximately 30 – 40 % of the their territories. The management …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Veronika Chobotova
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Huaynacotas Community Irrigation System in Peru
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Province of La Union, Department of Arequipa, Peru
The Huaynacotas community is located in the province of La Union, Department of Arequipa, in the southern highlands of Peru. The associated canal network spans elevations from 3,100 to 4,100 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Hydraulic Fracturing Governance, Pennsylvania
Resource: Hydraulic fracturing of natural gas
Location: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the second largest national producer of natural gas. Within the natural gas system individuals have the right to lease mineral rights granting production companies the capability to extract …
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Contributors:
Emma Laurens
Created: Nov 18, 2018
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Information Provision about Algae Biocrude Innovation
Resource: Internet infrastructure
Location: Internet
This case focuses on information provision by Sapphire Energy that is therefore a part of the innovation feedback system. This information is a public good because this is the information …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Madeline Tyson
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Institutional Analysis of the Colorado River Delta
Resource: River ecosystem
Location: Gulf of California
The Colorado River delta is significantly degraded due to a history of infrastructure building resulting in changed water flows, the rise of agriculture in the semi-arid American west, increasing urbanization …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Jaishri Srinivasan
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Institutional Analysis of Tourism system from a Commons Perspective in Upper Mustang, Nepal
Resource: Natural Landscape and Culture
Location: Upper Mustang, Nepal
Before the introduction of tourism, people of Upper Mustang subsisted on only three occupations: agriculture, animal husbandry, and petty trans-Himalayan trade. The Upper Mustang region of Nepal has long been …
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Contributors:
Tashi Gurung
Created: Dec 6, 2018
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Institutional features of fishery catch shares
Resource: Marine ecosystem
Location: Multiple
Catch shares are becoming an increasingly common mechanism to manage fishery harvests. This case represents an analysis of the general institutional features of catch shares.
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Irrigation watercourse, "Area Four", Taiwan
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Taiwan
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 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Edella Schlager, XIN WANG, Dane Whittaker
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Irrigation watercourse, "Area One", Pakistan
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Pakistan
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 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang, Yamini Yogya
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Irrigation watercourse in Punjab Province
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Punjab, Pakistan
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 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang, Prashamsa Thapa, Adam Wiechman
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Irrigation water management in the Chancay-Lambayeque Basin, Peru
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Lambayeque, Peru
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 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Jambudwip Marine Fishery, India
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: West Bengal, India
Jambudwip, an island in the Bay of Bengal, is located about 7 miles to the southwest of Bakkhali in the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Ute Brady, Tashi Gurung
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Kampong Mee Trawl Fishery, Malaysia
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Sungei Hek District, Malaysia
Kampong Mee is a fishing community that is located near the urban areas of Penang and several other fishing ports in Malaysia. The original case, which was published in 1977, …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Emma Laurens, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Kenya Community Water Projects
Resource: community-based irrigation
Location: Nanyuki, Kenya
Community-based water governance systems from the Mt. Kenya region in central Kenya.This study focused on women's participation and contributions to water governance in central Kenya as an outcome of a …
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Contributors:
Corrie Hannah
Created: Mar 11, 2020
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Kheri irrigation system, Sonjo village, Ngorongoro district, Tanzania
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Sonjo village, Ngorongoro district, Arusha region, Tanzania
The case of Kheri Irrigation takes place in Sonjo village of Kheri and its adjacent farmlands within the Ngorongoro district of the Arusah region in Tanzania. The resource appropriated is …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Knowledge Commons
Resource: Digital research databases and libraries
Location: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
This study focuses on knowledge commons. It outlines the connection between academic digital databases, such as the Digital Library of the Commons (http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/), the Workshop Research Library (https://ostromworkshop.indiana.edu/library/), the Polycentricity …
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Contributors:
Emily Castle
Created: Mar 11, 2020
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Kottapalle open-field husbandry and canal irrigation, Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, South India
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Nowk village, Kurnool district, Andra Pradesh, India
Located in the Nowk valley in Kurnool district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India, Kottapalle has an area of 4,600 acres. The village is in the tail-end of …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Kurnool-Cuddapah canal large-scale irrigation system in Andhra Pradesh, South India
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Andhra Pradesh, South India
The Kurnool-Cuddapah (KC) Canal Irrigation System draws water from Tungabhadra river through the Sunkesula Dam on flows through Cuddapah and Kurnool districts in state of Andhra Pradesh in South India …
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Contributors:
Rimjhim Aggarwal, Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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La Campa Municipio Community Forests, Honduras
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: La Campa Municipio, Department of Lempira, Honduras
The La Campa municipio community forests are located in the Department of Lempira, western Honduras. The community forests encompass an unknown geographical area that is characterized by a mountainous landscape, …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Elicia Ratajczyk
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Lakes Entrance Scallop Fishery
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Lakes Entrance, eastern Victoria, Australia
The Lakes Entrance scallop fishery is located in Bass Strait outside the city of Lakes Entrance in eastern Victoria, Australia and as far south as Tasmania in depths of 10-30 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Kaitlyn Lee, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Land-cover and Forest in Nepal (I)
Resource: Forest ecosystem and associated mountain topography
Location: Kair sub-basin in the Chitwan District, Nepal
Between 1978 and 1992 dramatic forest conversion occurred in two adjacent sub-basins of the Kair Khola watershed in the Chitwan District of Nepal. However, the form of conversion differed significantly. In …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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