Emergence of Collective Action in a Groundwater Commons: Irrigators in the San Luis Valley of Colorado

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 405-422

  Cody, Kelsey C ^a   Smith, Steven M ^b   Cox, Michael ^c   Andersson, Krister ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; collective action; common pool resources; governance; groundwater; institutional analysis; irrigation; path dependence; social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPLEMENTARITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION;

COLORADO; SAN LUIS VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937252073     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.970736     Document Type: Article

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