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Case Studies of Social-Ecological-Technical Systems
266 case studies available
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Land-cover and Forest in Nepal (II)
Resource: Forest ecosystem and associated mountain topography
Location: Shakti 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. …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Laoag-Vintar government irrigation system, Laoag City and Vintar municipality, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Laoag City and Vintar municipality, Ilocos Norte, Philippines
The Laoag-Vintar Irrigation System (LVIS), a government-owned system, serves the areas of Laoag City and the municipality of Vintar in Ilocos Norte, Philippiness. It is bounded by the Vintar-Bacarra River …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang, Yiran Wang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Large N Comparative Studies of Ostrom's Design Principles
Resource: Multiple
Location: Global (oceans)
There have been a number of studies that focus on testing whether and in what contexts Ostrom's institutional design principles may lead to successful governance of common-pool resources. The study …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies
Created: Jul 13, 2017
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Las Cebollas protective forest, Quezaltepeque municipality, western Guatemala
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Las Cebollas, municipality of Quezaltepeque, Guatemala
Las Cebollasforest community is located in the municipality of Quezaltepeque, in western Guatemala. It encompasses a geographical area of 1850 ha of land much of it on slopes of about …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Elicia Ratajczyk
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Living in a network of scaling cities and finite resources
Resource: NA
Many urban phenomena exhibit remarkable regularity in the form of nonlinear scaling behaviors, but their implications on a system of networked cities has never been investigated. Such knowledge is crucial …
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Contributors:
Nicolas Gauthier
Created: Sep 30, 2016
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Loma Alta community forest, western Equador
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Loma Alta, western Equador
This paper provides an explanation for the lack of institutions regulating the Loma Alta Forest. The community has not yet created any rules regarding forest use. The members of the …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Hoon Cheol Shin
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Lothar farmer-managed irrigation system, Chitwan district, Nepal
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Pipal Panchayat, Chitwan District, Nepal
Lothar is a farmer-managed irrigation system in the Chitwan district, about 30 kilometres east of the city of Bharatpur in Nepal. The resource unit is water for irrigation. The system …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Love River Restoration, Taiwan
Resource: Love Urban River
Location: Taiwan
Love River Restoration case is part of the comparative urban river analysis developed between 2019 to 2020 by Herlin Chien at United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of …
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Contributors:
Herlin Chien
Created: Jul 22, 2020
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Lurin Sayoc Irrigation, Quinua District, Peru
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Lurin Sayoc, Quinua District, central Peruvian highlands (Ayacucho), Peru
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 …
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Contributors:
Cathy Rubinos, Sechindra Vallury, James Wolfinbarger
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Magar Kulo, Bhote Namlang Village Panchayat, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal
Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS)
Location: Wards 7, 8, & 9, Namlang Village
This case is part of the original Nepal Irrigation Institutions and Systems (NIIS) database developed in the 1980's by a team of researchers under the direction of Dr. Elinor Ostrom …
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Contributors:
Elicia Ratajczyk
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Majha Ko Kulo (b), Thamalangtar Dhap Village Panchayat, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal
Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS)
Location: Lekhark Tar Village
This case is part of the original Nepal Irrigation Institutions and Systems (NIIS) database developed in the 1980's by a team of researchers under the direction of Dr. Elinor Ostrom …
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Contributors:
Elicia Ratajczyk
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Majha Ko Kulo (d), Baguwa, Sikharpur Village Panchayat, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal
Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS)
Location: Sikharpur Village
This case is part of the original Nepal Irrigation Institutions and Systems (NIIS) database developed in the 1980's by a team of researchers under the direction of Dr. Elinor Ostrom …
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Contributors:
Elicia Ratajczyk
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Marine Protected Areas in the Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Isla San Pedro Mártir, Bahía de Kino, Sonora, México (Gulf of California, Mexico)
Marine protected areas remain as one of the most popular tools for the conservation and management of natural resources in marine ecosystems. However, mere establishment of MPAs without the proper …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, MARIA DEL MAR MANCHA CISNEROS
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Maritime Extractive Reserve (MER) and Traditional Beach Seining in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Arraial do Cabo, Brazil
The Arraial do Cabo Marine Extractive Reserve (MER) and fishing community is located on a cape that extends approximately 40 km into the ocean about 164 km east of Rio …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Mathematical Models in Social Ecological Systems
Resource: Cyber-infrastructure
Location: Global (land)
This case is an umbrella to capture a range of models of ecological, social, social-ecological, and other natural systems (e.g. climate). In addition, there are several models whose main purpose …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Matsigenka agriculture, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru
Resource: Terrestrial land and associated watershed
Location: Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazon, Peru
Arable land among the Matsigenka is a public good (Ostrom 2005: 24). At base the Matsigenka do not have institutions that regulate who can access arable land. Anyone who has …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Jacob Freeman
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Mauraro irrigation system, Mauraro barrio, Albay province, Philippines
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: The barrio of Mauraro, Albay province, Philippines
Mauraro Irrigation system is located in Albay in Philippines. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation distributed through a canal. The original case was reported …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Messolonghi-Etolico Lagoon Fishery
Resource: Coastal lagoon ecosystem
Location: Near the town of Messolonghi, central Greece
The Messolonghi-Etolico lagoon is in the northern part of Patraikos Gulf, on the west coast of central Greece. The original case, which was published in 1984, catalogues an action situation …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Edella Schlager, Leah Shaffer
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Mount Desert Island Lobster Fishery
Resource: Multispecies Coastal Fishery.
Location: Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA
The lobster grounds of Mount Desert Island are located within Hancock County, Maine, some 250 miles northeast of Boston and 150 miles southwest of the U.S. - Canada border. The …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Munglori "Turf" (forest territory) Management, India
Resource: Oak Woodland
Location: Uttaranchal, India
Munglori is a village in Uttaranchal, India. The resource appropriated from Munglori Turf Management is fodder. There is a system of informal, locally recognized rules which are respected in and …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Thomaz Carvalhaes, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Nabagram irrigation system, Comilla district, Bangladesh
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Nabagram, Comilla District, Bangladesh
The Nabagram Irrigation System is located in Comilla District in Bangladesh. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated by a tube well The original …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Kaitlyn Lee, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Nae Pae and Muang Mai Irrigation Systems
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Village of Ban Pae Luang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Fai Muang Mai is one of three irrigation systems along the Mae Klang River in the Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. Muang Mai is the most upstream of the Mae Klang …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Amanda Kuhn, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Nam Tan Irrigation Project
Resource: Nam Tan River Watershed.
Location: The Province of Sayaboury, Laos
The Muong Phieng Valley is located in the Nam Tam watershed in the Sainyabuli Province of western Laos. The main agricultural product is rice. The area suffered major infrastructural changes …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Claudia Geffner Fuenmayor, Amanda Kuhn, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Na Pae and Muang Mai Irrigation Systems, Ban Pae Luang, Thailand
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Village of Ban Pae Luang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
The Na Pae Irrigation System is located in the village of Ban Pae Luang, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Naya Dhara Ko Kulo (Kot Village Panchayat), Sindhu Palchok district, Nepal
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Kot Village Panchayat, Sindhu Palchok district, Nepal
This case study is part of the original Common-Pool Resource (CPR) database developed in the 1980's by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University. A summary of the …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Elicia Ratajczyk, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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