Endogenous Versus Exogenous Rules in Water Management: An Experimental Cross-country Comparison

Ibele, Benedikt; Sandri, Serena; Zikos, Dimitrios

doi:10.1080/13629395.2016.1241612

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“…The analysis of institutional capacity enriches our knowledge on local water institutions and their influence on farmers' reactions to adapt to water shortage in the context of Chinese rural communities [62,85,86]. The establishment of formal and informal rules creates motivations for local farmers to take collaborative actions [52,64] and, as a result, increases rural communities' responsiveness to deal with water shortage [87]. Penalties on unauthorized water extraction and water patrols during irrigation seasons help maintain a sufficient amount of water per allocation to be shared by all community members.…”

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Effects of Community Perceptions and Institutional Capacity on Smallholder Farmers’ Responses to Water Scarcity: Evidence from Arid Northwestern China

Fan¹,

Tang

Park³

2019

Sustainability

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Community contextual factors including community perceptions and institutional capacity are among the key determinants in community-based water resource management. The Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework proposed by Ostrom is commonly employed to examine the outcome of common-pool resource management including water resources. However, community perceptions typically examined in behavioral economics and comparative community analysis literature are rarely incorporated in institutional analysis studies. This study draws on the IAD framework to investigate smallholder farmer communities' responses to water scarcity in arid northwestern China. Adopting alternating multiple regression and multivariate regression models, this study conducts an empirical analysis using farmer survey data. The results show that the perceptions of water scarcity promote community actions in coping with water shortage. The perception of production risks encourages overall community responses, as well as farmingand irrigation-related responses. Communities with a stronger institutional enforcement are more responsive in taking farming-, irrigation-, and infrastructure-related actions, as well as having better overall responses. The analysis also shows that community interactional capacities and socio-economic factors may influence community actions to mitigate and adapt to adverse effects of local water scarcity. Our findings provide insights for understanding social and institutional aspects of rural farming communities toward sustainable response decisions to overcome water scarcity challenges.Sustainability 2019, 11, 483 2 of 21 variations of community-based approaches emerged and were largely considered for adoption in many developing nations [3,6,7].To effectively and efficiently manage water resources, rural communities are the focal point and the community approach demonstrated a successful strategy with a wide range of development pathways [7]. The pathways can create opportunities for rural communities to tailor and implement their own plans for water management and development processes. Through pursuing socio-economic objectives of rural communities, the approach facilitates linkages between water resource conservation and community livelihood enhancement [8,9]. For instance, evidence was found in a variety of settings that community engagement improves sustainability of water supply systems [6,8,[10][11][12][13], water quality improvement [14], conflict management [15], and other social outcomes [16]. Kativhu et al. [10] observed that the sustainability of water supply facilities could be improved through building stronger capacities in technical, social, and institutional aspects. Schnegg and Bollig [17] found that a stronger community capacity (with a strong kinship and reciprocity) facilitated rural water users to more effectively manage water resources during a drought compared with formal water agreements. Thus, the community-based approach can enhance local people's ability to reshape the biophysical...

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of Community Perceptions and Institutional Capacity on Smallholder Farmers’ Responses to Water Scarcity: Evidence from Arid Northwestern China

Fan¹,

Tang

Park³

2019

Sustainability

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“…The variety of patterns controlling the possibilities to access to commons [13,38], which is further widened by the growing diffusion of global digital goods available to anyone [1,28,39], entails the design of suitable governing arrangements and rules ("common-pool institution" and "common-pool resources"). Ibele et al [12], for instance, show that exogenously imposed allocation rules are less effective than endogenous rule-crafting due to the role of behavioral and cultural norms in controlling free-riding behavior.…”

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“…In particular, identity defines the ultimate function commons deliver to humans and their communities by supporting the achievement of dignity and/or membership [12,15,59]. Any resource pertaining to the subordinate category of commons should serve at least one of these two identity-oriented values.…”

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“…On the one hand, financial and economic crises [4], unregulated competition [5], selfishness [6], and behavioral bias (e.g., time inconsistency and incorrect beliefs) [7] trigger commodification and degradation processes that restrict their availability and use. On the other hand, regulatory mechanisms [3,8,9], new technologies [10], and social norms and preferences [11,12] are some of the drivers that enable an increasing array of new or more widely diffused commons to emerge, such as culture, open software, and relational goods.…”

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Identity, Commons and Sustainability: An Economic Perspective

Setti¹,

Garuti²

2018

Sustainability

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Commons represent a wide, heterogeneous class of resources but its composition is the subject of growing tensions. The question "What is a commons?" has become even more complex while the answer still remains elusive. Current research focuses on two main attributes of commons-nonexclusivity and rivalry-centered on regulatory and operational aspects, conveying the notion of usability. Instead, this study argues that the definition of commons should be derived from their function. It is proposed that identity, in its individual and collective integrated dimensions, is the ultimate goal of commons. Despite the pivotal function that commons can perform, availability of resources is indeed just one of the conditions for human development. Moreover, commons can deploy their identity-oriented functions only if a sustainability transition is pursued. Based on these considerations, the study analyzes the concept of sustainability, and addresses the question "What is to be sustained?" While the capability approach offers a coherent conceptualization of the diversity of individuals-a crucial issue for sustainability-some limitations arise when it is adopted as evaluative space of well-being. This study argues that the assumed notion of identity delivers a broader concept of sustainability and delineates the ultimate goal of sustainability (sustainable identity).

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“…Governance is acknowledged and investigated as a key challenge in achieving the long-term sustainability of this important resource , Bakker et al 2008, OECD 2015, Pahl-Wostl 2017. Around the globe, diverse water governance regimes have evolved to regulate the development and management of water resources and the provision of water services (Hussey and Dovers 2007, Van De Meene and Brown 2009, OECD 2011. Scholars and policy analysts have responded by producing a broad body of literature comparing these water governance regimes to draw out diverse lessons (e.g., Benson and Jordan 2010, Herrala et al 2012, Araral and Wu 2016.…”

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Comparative studies of water governance: a systematic review

Özerol¹,

Kruijf²,

Brisbois³

et al. 2018

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Governance is key to tackling water challenges and transforming water management under the increasing pressures of competing water uses and climate change. Diverse water governance regimes have evolved in different countries and regions to regulate the development and management of water resources and the provision of water services. Scholars and policy analysts have been comparing these water governance regimes to analyze elements and processes, to assess performance, or to draw lessons. Although the number of such studies has increased since the 1980s, no comprehensive synthesis exists. We present such a synthesis by conducting a systematic review of the emerging field of comparative water governance studies, and we critically reflect on how water governance is defined, conceptualized, and assessed in different contexts. Based on the resultant insights, we identify four areas for future research:(1) improving the balance between small-, medium-, and large-N studies that are used in comparative studies of water governance; (2) conducting longitudinal comparisons of water governance to identify temporal governance trends and patterns; (3) expanding the geographical coverage of the comparisons to include underrepresented countries and regions, focusing more broadly on the global South; and (4) addressing the issues of justice, equity, and power, which are becoming increasingly important in tackling the water governance challenges that are exacerbated by the effects of climate change, industrialization, and urbanization.

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Endogenous Versus Exogenous Rules in Water Management: An Experimental Cross-country Comparison

Cited by 17 publications

References 55 publications

Effects of Community Perceptions and Institutional Capacity on Smallholder Farmers’ Responses to Water Scarcity: Evidence from Arid Northwestern China

Effects of Community Perceptions and Institutional Capacity on Smallholder Farmers’ Responses to Water Scarcity: Evidence from Arid Northwestern China

Identity, Commons and Sustainability: An Economic Perspective

Comparative studies of water governance: a systematic review

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