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Design Principles and Robustness of Spate Community Managed Irrigation Systems in the Punjab, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.author Kamran, Muhammad Asif en_US
dc.contributor.author Shivakoti, Ganesh P. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:28:40Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:28:40Z
dc.date.issued 2009 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2009-07-21 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2009-07-21 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/224
dc.description.abstract "The spate irrigation is among the oldest and largest community managed irrigation systems in Pakistan and is providing livelihood to local communities through indigenously developed, maintained and managed techniques. The 'Riwajaat-e-Aabpashi' (irrigation customs) codified in British rule are main guidelines for irrigation in lowland systems while upland systems are governed through locally known customs. The upland systems with higher community involvement and free from government interventions in decision making and monitoring are robust compared to similar systems in lowlands with government involvement in decision making and management. The article presents cases from Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjab, Pakistan) where these systems have endured despite of water scarce and unpredictable resource availability by creating situation of equity, impartiality and obeying the rules. This study compares communities against Ostrom's design principles to know the comparative institutional robustness of these systems." en_US
dc.subject irrigation en_US
dc.subject collective action en_US
dc.subject self-governance en_US
dc.subject indigenous knowledge en_US
dc.subject equity en_US
dc.title Design Principles and Robustness of Spate Community Managed Irrigation Systems in the Punjab, Pakistan en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.coverage.region Middle East & South Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Pakistan en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Workshop on the Workshop 4 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates June 3-6, 2009 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Indiana University Bloomington en_US


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