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Water Rights in the State of Nature: The Dynamic Emergence of Common Expectations in an Indonesian Settlement

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dc.contributor.author Vermillion, Douglas L. en_US
dc.contributor.author Bruns, Bryan en_US
dc.contributor.author Meinzen-Dick, Ruth en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:24:37Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:24:37Z
dc.date.issued 1997 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-31 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-31 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/67
dc.description.abstract "This study examines how a socially recognized and predictable pattern of water rights and allocation emerged from a process of trial and error with water allocation and negotiations in a resettlement area in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Balinese farmers in two newly developed irrigation systems recognized that the traditional rule of water allocation that divides water proportionately to area served was a simplistic first approximation. "Through inter-personal exchanges a set of socially-recognized criteria emerged to justify certain farmers in taking more than proportional amounts of water, 'borrowing water,' in response to diversity among fields in soils, access to secondary water supplies, distance from the headworks and other factors. A decision tree model uses field observations of water distribution over two seasons to assess criteria used for modifying distribution. Such criteria constituted a second approximation for more equitable water allocation among farmers." en_US
dc.publisher Vistaar and Intermediate Technology Publications en_US
dc.relation.ispartof Negotiating Water Rights en_US
dc.subject water resources en_US
dc.subject irrigation en_US
dc.subject property rights en_US
dc.title Water Rights in the State of Nature: The Dynamic Emergence of Common Expectations in an Indonesian Settlement en_US
dc.type Book Chapter en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.coverage.region East Asia en_US
dc.coverage.country Indonesia en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 40-70 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpubloc India en_US


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