Companion Modeling, Conflict Resolution, and Institution Building: Sharing Irrigation Water in the Lingmuteychu Watershed, Bhutan

dc.contributor.authorGurung, Tayan Rajen_US
dc.contributor.authorBousquet, Françoisen_US
dc.contributor.authorTrebuil, Guyen_US
dc.coverage.countryBhutanen_US
dc.coverage.regionMiddle East & South Asiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-31T14:54:03Z
dc.date.available2009-07-31T14:54:03Z
dc.date.issued2006en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-31en_US
dc.date.submitted2007-08-31en_US
dc.description.abstract"We used multi-agent systems (MAS), following the companion modeling method, to facilitate water management negotiations in Bhutan. We show how this methodology helped resolve a conflict over the sharing of water resources by establishing a concrete agreement and creating an institution for collective watershed management. The conceptual model begins with a role-playing game (RPG). The stakeholders play the game, thus validating the proposed environment, the behavioral rules, and the emergent properties of the game. It is then relatively easy to translate the RPG into computerized MAS that allow different scenarios to be explored. After this first step in the MAS model, stakeholders then create an institution. A second model is developed to facilitate this process. We conclude by discussing the relationship between the models and reality, as well as the use of MAS as a mediation tool and the social process."en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournalEcology and Societyen_US
dc.identifier.citationmonthDecemberen_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber2en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume11en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/2812
dc.subjectadaptive systemsen_US
dc.subjectwatershedsen_US
dc.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dc.subjectresource managementen_US
dc.subject.sectorWater Resource & Irrigationen_US
dc.submitter.emailefcastle@indiana.eduen_US
dc.titleCompanion Modeling, Conflict Resolution, and Institution Building: Sharing Irrigation Water in the Lingmuteychu Watershed, Bhutanen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.type.publishedpublisheden_US

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