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Found 698 results (266 case studies, 48 models, 0 experiments, 384 citations)

  • Citation Charting New Waters: Markets for Marine Megafauna

    Authors: Melanie Sturm Year: 2013
  • Case Study Chawk 16000L Dhabi Minor irrigation system

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Dhabi Kalan, Haryana state, India
    The Irrigation System is located in the village Dhabi Kalan, Haryana, India at 100 miles northwest of India. The resource appropriated related to the social dilemma is water for irrigation that flows through a canal to a command area. The …
  • Citation Chhahare Khola Ko Kulo

    Authors: Water and Energy Commission Secretariat Year: 1987 Journal: Rapid Appraisal Study of Eight Selected Micro-Areas of Farmers' Irrigation Systems: Sindhu Palchok District, Final Report
  • Case Study Chhahare Khola Ko Kulo, Baruwa village Panchayat, Dindhu Palchok district, Nepal

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Baruwa Village Pancha, Sindhu Palchok District, Nepal
    This case was part of the original CPR database developed in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University. This case is also part of the original Nepal Irrigation Institutions and Systems (NIIS) database developed in …
  • Case Study Chherlung Thulo Kulo irrigation system, Baugha Gumha Panchayat, Palpa District, southern Nepal

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Baugha Gumha Panchayat, Palpa District, Lumbini zone, Nepal
    The The resource appropriated from Chherlung Thulo Kulo Irrigation is water for irrigation as well as for domestic use in the village of Baugha Gumha Panchayat in Palpa District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal, 10 km . Regarding …
  • Case Study Chholang Khet 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 Chiangmai irrigation system, Chiangmai Villages Two and One, Chiangmai Province, Thailand

    Resource: Watershed and associated topography Location: Chiangmai Village Two, Chiangmai Village One, Chiengmai Province, Thailand
    This case was part of the original CPR database developed in the 1980s by Edella Schlager and Shui Yan Tang at Indiana University.The Chiangmai village irrigation system is located within the Ping River valley in northern Thailand. The key resource …
  • Case Study Chiguana Fishery, Venezuela

    Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem Location: Sucre, Venezuela
    Chiguana is a small Venezuelan community on lower end of the Gulf of Cariaco, on the northern shore. The original study, which was carried out in 1971, catalogues an action situation with approximately 343 residents. At the time of the …
  • Case Study Chilika Lake Traditional and Prawn Fishery (pre-1990s and 1990 to 1997), India

    Resource: Lake ecosystem Location: Chilika Lake, Orissa, eastern India
    Chilika Lake is located in Orissa, India, and extends from the city of Bhusandpur in the north to the city of Rambha-Mulad in the south. The lake follows the coastal margins of the Bay of Bengal and is approximately 64 …
  • Case Study Chisasibi - James Bay Fishery, Canada

    Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem Location: Fort George, Quebec, Canada
    Chisasibi, formerly the island community of Fort George, is located on the eastern coast of James Bay, about 620 miles north of Montreal in the Canadian subarctic. The original case, which spans from 1974-1976, catalogues an action situation involving approximately …
  • Citation Co-Mgmt of Common Property Resources: A Case Study of Supra-Nat'l, Nat'l and Sub-Nat'l Institutions in Fisheries Mgmt Chilika Lake, Orissa, India

    Authors: Shyama Rout Year: 2006 Journal: Survival of the Commons: Mounting Challenges and New Realities
  • Case Study Coastal vulnerability to climate change in Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Resource: Terrestrial (including coastal and riparian) landscapes; associated watersheds and topography Location: Cornwall coastal regions, including River Tamar catchment, southwest England
    Cornwall is located in southwest England on the Cornish peninsula. It stretches between the cities of Bude and Plymouth in the north and Penzance and Falmouth in the south. The study area encompasses numerous communities of various sizes in the …
  • Case Study Coastal vulnerability to climate change in Eden District municipality, Western Cape province, South Africa

    Resource: Terrestrial (including coastal and riparian) landscapes; associated watersheds and topography Location: Bitou, Knysna, George, Mossel Bay, and Hessequa local municipalities, Eden District municipality, South Africa
    The local municipalities of Bitou, Knysna, George, Mossel Bay, and Hessequa are situated in the Garden Route along the south coast of South Africa in the Eden District municipality, Western Cape province. The study area encompasses human developments along the coastline …
  • Case Study Coastal vulnerability to climate change in the Languedoc coastal region, southern France

    Resource: Terrestrial (including coastal and riparian) land, the river network and associated wetlands. Location: Languedoc coastal zone bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Montpellier and the Petite Camargue
    The Languedoc coastal zone is located in the delta region of the river Rhone bordering the Mediterranean Sea between Montpellier and the Petite Camargue in southern France. The study site also encompasses 20 km (~12.43 miles) of the inland area, …
  • Citation Collective action for watershed management: field experiments in Colombia and Kenya

    Authors: Juan Cardenas, Luz Rodriguez, and Nancy Johnson Year: 2011 Journal: Environment and Development Economics
    The collective action problem around water use and management involves solving both the problems of provision and appropriation. Cooperation in the provision can be affected by the rival nature of appropriation and the asymmetries in access. We report the results …
  • Citation Collective Action in Common-Pool Resource Management: The Contribution of a Social Constructivist Perspective to Existing Theory

    Authors: Nathalie Steins and Victoria Edwards Year: 1999 Journal: Society and Natural Resources
  • Case Study Collective Action in Irish Coastal Fishery

    Resource: Coastal marine ecosystem Location: Northwest Connemara on the Irish west coast
    This case was part of a study to determine whether the institutional design principles of Ostrom were, in fact, related to "governance success" by Cox et al.  In that analysis, this case was classified as a success/failure (to be supplemented).The …
  • Citation Collisions of Traditional Commons with the Modernized Institution of Rice-Paddy Irrigation Systems in Japan

    Authors: Mikko Sugiura, Atsushi Ishii, and Masahiro Tajima Year: 2013 Journal: Commoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihoods, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge, 14th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons
     The traditional Commons in water management, which have been called 'irrigation Commons,' has operated rice-paddy irrigation systems in Japan. The systems (irrigation facilities and Water Users Organizations) are characterized by many farmers on a small scale. The feature leads farmers …
  • Citation Colorado River Governance - An Analysis

    Authors: J Srinivasan Year: 2015 Journal: SOS 591: Applied Robustness Analysis in Social-Ecological Systems
  • Citation Common Property and Conservation: The Potential for Effective Communal Forest Management Within a National Park in Mexico

    Authors: Kris Johnson and Kristen Nelson Year: 2004 Journal: Human Ecology