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  • Case Study Soti Bagar Ko Kulo, 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 at Indiana University. In addition, this case is also part …
  • Case Study Spread of ideas based on epidemiological models

    Resource: This is the case study linked to the model with the same name.
    The population dynamics underlying the diffusion of ideas hold many qualitative similarities to those involved in thespread of infections. In spite of much suggestive evidence this analogy is hardly ever quantified in useful ways. Thestandard benefit of modeling epidemics is …
  • Case Study Stakenet Fishery Association at Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka

    Resource: Coastal lagoon ecosystem Location: Negombo Lagoon (r), Sri Lanka
    Negombo Lagoon (3,164 ha) is located on Sri Lanka's west coast -- about 30 km north of the capital Colombo. This study discusses a community-initiated common property regime in the Negombo lagoon suffering from the problem of open access. The …
  • Case Study Subedar Ko Kulo, Dhap Village, Thamalangtar Dhap Village Panchayat, Sinhupalchok District, Nepal

    Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS) Location: Dhap 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 at Indiana University. In addition, this case is also part …
  • Case Study Subtle global bifurcation with dramatic ecological consequences in a simple population model

    Resource: NA Location: NA
    Numerous situations exist in which a consumer uses two different kinds of resources, one fixed, the other renewable, e.g., nesting resources and food resources. With an elementary modification of the basic Lotka–Volterra consumer resource equations, we investigate the population dynamics …
  • Case Study Synthetic Biology: The Registry of Standard Biological Parts

    Resource: Synthetic biological components Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
    The Registry of Standard Biological Parts is maintained by the International Genetic Engineering Machine (iGEM) Foundation in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Registry contains genetic information in the form of synthetically created deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequences, protein, promoters, and other parts with …
  • Case Study System representation template

    Resource: NA Location: NA
    The system representation template was created to provide the key verbs analysts should utilize when describing the strategic interactions between the elements in the robustness framework (RS, RU, PIP, PI). Verbs followed by (?) are suggested additions to the verb …
  • Case Study 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 successful case of self-management. The main reasons are attributed to …
  • Case Study Takkapala communal irrigation system, Malino village, south Sulawesi, Indonesia

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Malino Village, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
    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, …
  • Case Study Tallo Chapleti Kulo, Sikharpur Village Panchayat, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal

    Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS) Location: Ward 9
    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 at Indiana University. In addition, this case is also part …
  • Case Study Tallo Jhankri Ko Kulo, Dubachaur Village Panchayat, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal

    Resource: Farmer-managed irrigation system (FMIS) Location: Ward 9, Keurani Khaire
    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 at Indiana University. In addition, this case is also part …
  • Case Study Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation

    Resource: Bwasao stream watershed. Location: Mountain Province, Philippines
    The case study of Tanowong bwasao irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to irrigate their rice fields. …
  • Case Study Tanowong Bwasao Irrigation II, Philippines

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Villages of Tanowong, Kadatayan, Nadatngan, and Madongo, Philippines
    This paper is an update on a prior case study about the Bwasao irrigation system (Case Nos. 38 and 39) analyzing Albert S. Bacdayan’s 1980 case study on the Tanowong people of three distinct villages in the northern Philippines. For …
  • Case Study Tanowong traditional irrigation system, Philippines

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Villages of Tanowong, Kadatayan, Nadatngan, and Madongo, Philippines
    The case study of Tanowong traditional irrigation is located in the mountain province of Philippines. The resource appropriated is water for irrigation from Tanowong Traditional Irrigation system. Prior to 1954, the Tanowong people relied on water from two streams to …
  • Case Study Taos valley acequias community-based irrigation system, Taos, New Mexico, USA

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Taos, New Mexico, USA
    Key findings: The Taos valley acequias have survived for several hundred years as a community-based irrigation system due to a mix of social and biophysical features. These include: A low-cost decentralized monitoring system that is enabled by both water distribution …
  • Case Study Tarahumara Gentiles agriculture, Sierra Madres, northwest Mexico

    Resource: Terrestrial land and associated watershed Location: Sierra Madres, northwest Mexico
    The resource under consideration here is arable land. Arable land is a common pool resource in this case. On the dimensions of subtractability and excludability defined by Ostrom (2005), land is highly subtractble, but it is difficult to exclude resource …
  • Case Study Tasucu Bay Coastal Fishery, Turkey

    Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem Location: Town of Tasucu, Mersin Province, Turkey
    The coastal fishery in Tasucu Bay is located near the small port town of Tasucu in Mersin Province, Turkey. The original case, which spans from 1976-1978, catalogues 140 fishermen and 90 small inboard boats; the resource unit is demersal fish. …
  • Case Study Teleconnected vulnerabilities of Mexican and Vietnamese coffee systems

    Resource: The global coffee market, local biodiversity and land Location: Veracruz, Mexico
    The case study of smallholder coffee producers’ vulnerability in Mexico and Vietnam was published in the journal Environmental Science and Policy in 2008. The authors Hallie Eakin, Alexanda Winkels and Jan Sendzimir explore cross-scale linkages and teleconnectons in the Mexican …
  • Case Study Ten - Dakh Branch watercourse irrigation, Punjab province, Pakistan

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Punjab province, Pakistan
    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 Watercourse Ten-Dakh Branch is water for irrigation. Based on an intensive survey of …
  • Case Study The Alaskan Pollock Fishery, Bering Sea, USA

    Resource: Arctic marine ecosystem Location: Bering Sea, Alaska, USA
    The Alaskan Pollock fishery has been described as a management success, largery attributed to the adoption of ITQs, with allocations to catchers, processers, and to Alaskan communities. The processor-fisher relationship seems key to the current success at reducing effort in …