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Case Studies of Social-Ecological-Technical Systems
266 case studies available
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Nayband irrigation system
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Khorasan province, northeastern Iran
The Nayband Irrigation system is located in The province of Khorasan in north eastern Iran. The original case was reported in 1971 and 1972, and catalogues an action situation involving …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Behshad Mohajer Iravanloo, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Nazareno-Gamutan communal irrigation system
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Plaridel, Misamis Occidental, Philippines
The Nazareno-Gamutan system is a communal irrigation system that appropriates water for rice cultivation in Misamis Occidental Province, Philippines. It is composed of canals that deliver water from the Langaran …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Kelly Claborn, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Newfoundland Inshore Cod Trap Fisheries, Canada
Resource: Marine ecosystem
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
The inshore cod trap fisheries discussed in this case are primarily located along the eastern and north shores of Newfoundland, Canada, encompassing an unknown geographical area. The case study discusses …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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New Kingdom Egyptian Agriculture
Resource: Terrestrial land and associated watershed
Location: Nile Valley and Delta, Egypt
Situated in the Nile Valley from Aswan to the Mediterranean, New Kingdom Egypt (c.1550-1050 B.C.) had an agrarian economy - almost entirely dependent on agriculture for subsistence. Because the climate …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Rudolf Cesaretti
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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NGO-facilitated community irrigation system in Kasungu district, Malawi
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Kasungu district, Malawi
The exact location of the Malawi irrigation system is undisclosed due to anonymity concerns. However, it is generally located in the administrative district of Kasungu in central Malawi and encompasses …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Nohwa-do and Bogil-do, Communal Water Resources Management, South Korea
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Nohwa-do and Bogil-do, Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Nohwa-do and Bogil-do are South Korea's southernmost islands, located off the coast of the province of Jeollanam-do. They are connected by a bridge and share a reservoir in Bogil-do. The inhabitants …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies, Sola Kim
Created: Dec 9, 2022
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Nyamaropa Communal Area, Nyanga District, Zimbabwe
Resource: Woodland ecosystem
Location: Nyamaropa communities, Nyanga District, Zimbabwe
The Nyamaropa communal area encompasses a total of five villages located in the Nyanga District in Zimbabwe. Beyond individual homestead plots and fields, the communities have access rights to an …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Oaig-Daya irrigation system, Oaig-Daya and Parioc barrios, Candon municipality, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Parioc and Oaig-Daya, Candon, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
The resource appropriated from Oaig-Daya Irrigation System is water for irrigation, and the system consists of canals that deliver water from the Oaig-Daya Creek to the nearby farmlands in the …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Obara pond irrigation system, Niiike Buraku, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Niike Buraku, Takahashi River, Okayama Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan
The resource appropriated from Obara Pond is water for irrigation, and the case takes place in the settlement of Niiike Buraku on the coastal plain of Okayama Prefecture in the …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Amy Rieth, Shui Yan Tang
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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OpenABM: Agent-based model database
Resource: Multiple
Location: Global (land)
OpenABM is a node in the CoMSES Network, providing a growing collection of tutorials and FAQs on agent-based modeling, a model library intended to provide a locus for authors and …
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Contributors:
John M. Anderies
Created: Jul 14, 2017
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Open Access Publishing
Resource: Scholarly information
Location: World Wide Web
Open access publishing is located on the world wide web, accessible anywhere where there is both internet access and a capable computer. Open access publishing is directly related to the …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Heather Turrentine
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Overlapping institutions and their impact in the conservation of the Orinoco River Strategic Ecosystems
Resource: Continental ecosystems in the Orinoco River Watershed
Location: Orinoco River Watershed Centroid
Sustainability
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Contributors:
Luisa Galindo
Created: Mar 11, 2020
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Oyster communities, Florida, USA
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Florida, USA
The Florida oyster fishing communities are located on the Florida “panhandle” with approximately 300 kilometers of coastline on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The case study states …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Oyster communities, Gulf of Mexico, Alabama, USA
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Alabama, USA
The Alabama oyster fishing communities are located on the Gulf of Mexico with approximately 100 kilometers of coastline. The case study states that this is an open-access fishery but includes …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Oyster communities, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, USA
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Louisiana, USA
The Louisiana oyster fishing communities are located on the Gulf of Mexico with approximately 400 kilometers of coastline in a straight line from the border of Texas on the west …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Oyster communities, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi, USA
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Mississippi, USA
The Mississippi oyster fishing communities are located on the Gulf of Mexico with approximately 100 kilometers of coastline. The case study states that this is an open-access fishery but includes …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Cathy Rubinos
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Paradox of marine protected areas: suppression of fishing may cause species loss
Resource: This is a placeholder for a model
Location: NA
This is a placeholder case for the model for the same name. Please revise case information to reflect the case study represented in the model.
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Contributors:
Jae Hoon David Yu
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Resource: Municipal financial system
Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil
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 …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Matthew Cohen
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Parwara Van Panchayat Forest
Resource: Forest ecosystem and associated watershed
Location: Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Parwara is located in the Nainital district of Uttarakhand, India and forests comprise broad-leaved species such as oak. Resources appropriated from the Parwara forests are timber, grass, and leaves. The authors Vishwa …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Md Arif Chowdhury, Edella Schlager, Yamini Yogya
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Parwara Van Panchayat Forest: Social structure and exogenous drivers
Resource: Forest ecosystem and associated watershed
Location: State of Uttarakhand (fka. Uttaranchal), India
This paper is an extension of two prior case studies about the Parwara Van Panchayat (forest council):the 1988 Parwara Van Panchayat Forest which covered the status of this social-ecological system …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Parwara village Van Panchayat: Institutional change
Resource: Terrestrial land and associated watershed
Location: Parwara village, Dhari Tahsil, Nainital District, Uttarakhand state, India
The main appropriated resources are grass, used mainly for cattle grazing and compost, and forest tress, used mostly for fuel wood and construction timber. Almost all of the total resource …
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Contributors:
Whitney Bastian, Ute Brady
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Pastoral property rights in Azerbaijan
Resource: semi-arid and mountain pastures
Location: Azerbaijan
rights for pasture access, use and managementy by mobile pastoralists in Azerbaijan
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Contributors:
Regina Neudert
Created: Mar 11, 2020
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Perupok Coastal Fishery, Malaysia
Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem
Location: Kelantan State, Malaysia
Perupok is a fishing village in the Bachok district, located on the Kelantan coast of Malaysia. The original study, which was carried out in 1963, catalogues approximately 307 fishermen in …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Petty Harbour Cod Fishery
Resource: Marine ecosystem
Location: Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada
Petty Harbor is located in a town on the eastern shore of the Avalon Peninsula. The resource appropriated from Petty Harbour Cod Fishery is cod. The author examines the perception …
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Contributors:
Ute Brady, Marisa Manheim, Edella Schlager
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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Pinagbayanan irrigation system
Resource: Watershed and associated topography
Location: Pinagbayanan barrio, Laguna, Philippines
The Pinagbayanan Irrigation System is located in Barrio Pinagbayanan, Laguna in Philippines. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation appropriated and distributed by two water …
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Contributors:
Leah Shaffer, Shui Yan Tang, Sechindra Vallury
Created: Aug 10, 2016
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