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Resource Intruders and Robustness of Social-Ecological Systems: An Irrigation System of Southeast Spain. A Case Study

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dc.contributor.author Pérez, Irene
dc.contributor.author Janssen, Marco A.
dc.contributor.author Giménez, A.
dc.contributor.author Tenza, A.
dc.contributor.author Pedreño, A.
dc.contributor.author Giménez, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2010-10-29T19:16:15Z
dc.date.available 2010-10-29T19:16:15Z
dc.date.issued 2010 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6529
dc.description.abstract "Globalization increases traditional social-ecological systems’ (SES) vulnerability to the incursion of new resource appropriators, i.e., intruders. New external disturbances that increase the physical and socio-political accessibility of SES (e.g., construction of a new road) and weak points in institutional SES of valuable common-pool resources are some of the main factors that enhance the encroachment of intruders. The irrigation system of the northwest Murcia Region (Spain) is an example used in this article of the changes in the structure and robustness of a traditional SES as a result of intruders. Farmers have traditionally used water from springs to irrigate their lands but, in recent decades, large companies have settled in this region and use groundwater to irrigate new lands. This intrusion had led the levels of this resource to drop sharply. In an attempt to adapt, local communities are intensifying the use of resources and are constructing new physical infrastructures; consequently, new vulnerabilities are emerging. This situation is inevitably heading towards the collapse of this traditional SES. From an institutional viewpoint, some recommendations are offered to enhance the robustness of SES in order to mitigate the consequences of intruders." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject globalization en_US
dc.subject groundwater en_US
dc.subject institutions en_US
dc.subject water management en_US
dc.subject adaptation en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.title Resource Intruders and Robustness of Social-Ecological Systems: An Irrigation System of Southeast Spain. A Case Study en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region Europe en_US
dc.coverage.country Spain en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Capturing the Complexity of the Commons, North American Regional Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Commons en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates Sep. 30-Oct. 2 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ en_US


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