The nature of the governance of Japanese irrigation common-pool resources

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-172

  Sarker, Ashutosh ^a   Itoh, Tadao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collective action; Common pool resources; Game theory; Irrigation institutions; Patronized self governance

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IRRIGATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037315842     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920309200     Document Type: Article

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