India: Wetlands as a Case Study in “Commons Capitalism”

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 405-410
Author(s):  
Bishwa Kallyan Dash
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Common Property Resource ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Critical Resource ◽  
Wetland Resources ◽  
Water Quality And Quantity ◽  
The City

Wetlands are a critical resource, essential not only to water quality and quantity, but also to human sustenance and to the thriving ecosystems. Human and ecosystem dependence on wetlands is not well recognised in governmental oversight and community attitudes. As such, markets undervalue them and businesses and industry consider them disposable. Given that the market economy controls the “new normal”, it has not been uncommon for States, when formulating policies to exploit wetland resources for gain, thereby undermining their future and sustainability. India has made some attempts, both nationally and internationally to resolve these matters. This paper is an attempt to showcase one such common property resource, i.e. wetlands in the city of Bangalore, which are under tremendous stress from capitalism.

Guided Change Through Community Forestry A Case Study in Forest Management Unit 17 – Newfoundland

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 344-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Roy
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Common Property ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Management Unit ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Community Forest ◽  
Common Property Resource ◽  
Forestry Project

For centuries the coastal forests of insular Newfoundland traditionally have been exploited as a common property resource for individual domestic purposes. Indiscriminate domestic cutting has led to deteriorated forests and to increased conflicts with commercial forestry interests. In recent years many approaches have been tried to manage domestic cutters. This article examines the process used by the staff of Forest Management Unit 17, on the Great Northern Peninsula, that led to a pilot community forestry project as a means of fostering responsibility and accountability in the wood cutting public. It is concluded that the process of changing the undesirable aspects of common property traditions requires adequate time and commitments of funding, staff, and community involvement. The community forest concept could be expanded to other Newfoundland Forest Management Units with high domestic demand and low supplies of accessible timber. Key Words: common property, domestic cutting, community forestry

Pests as a Common Property Resource: A Case Study of Alfalfa Weevil Control

1976 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uri Regev ◽  
Andrew P. Gutierrez ◽  
Gershon Feder
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
Common Property Resource ◽  
Alfalfa Weevil

scholarly journals Sea Water Intrusion in a Coastal Aquifer: A Case Study for the Area Between Seeb and Suwaiq, Sultanate of Oman

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Al Barwani ◽  
Tariq Helmi
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Coastal Aquifer ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Water Users ◽  
Groundwater Occurrence ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
Water Quality And Quantity

The Batinah Coastal plain, located between the Hajar mountains and the sea, from Muscat to the UAE border, is a favorable region for groundwater occurrence in Oman and the main source of fresh water in this coastal area. The coastal parts of the Batinah plain, particularly Barka and Suwaiq, have suffered from groundwater deterioration over the past 20 years. This paper reviews the monitoring activities of groundwater electrical conductivity in the Batinah coastal plain between Seeb and Suwaiq over the period 1984 to 2005, an area of approximately 394 km2. GIS and Auto-Cad techniques were applied to illustrate different salinity zones as the wells coordinates and their field EC were digitized on maps with contours. Zones of salinity ranges are identified and their areas were computed and compared to the total catchment area of each wadi. All samples were collected from the same upper gravel layer, ranging in depth 20-100 meters. There has been a substantial deterioration in water quality as indicated by a 7% reduction in areas of water suitable for agriculture use (2.000 – 6.000 μS/cm), reflecting a loss of 2,714 hectares of irrigated land. Also, a saline interface is reported 12 km inland at Wadi al Taww, Barka area, an indication of aquifer over-exploitation. It is therefore critical that monitoring of water quality and quantity is continued. It is recommended to improve implementation of the standard water resources management solutions to coastal aquifer saline contamination. Cooperation of different organizations and water users is essential to conserve these precious water resources. 

Water quality and risk assessment of dug wells: a case study for a poor community in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 899-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra V. Suhogusoff ◽  
Ricardo Hirata ◽  
Luiz Carlos K. M. Ferrari
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Dug Wells ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Non-market valuation supporting water management: the case study in Czestochowa, Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 7169-7188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Kountouris ◽  
I. Godyn ◽  
J. Sauer
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Groundwater Quality ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Market Valuation ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
Non Market Valuation ◽  
Water Quality And Quantity ◽  
Benefits And Costs

Abstract. Water resources in Poland continue to be under stress despite systematic efforts to safeguard ground and surface water quality and quantity. Groundwater protection from nitrate pollution of human origin requires the development of sewerage systems. Such investments are often financed from public funds that must be formally appraised. The appraisal should be done by a comparison of benefits and costs of investment measures – not only financial but also environmental and social. A significant challenge is the monetization of the effects on the environment. In this paper we use non-market valuation to examine residents' preferences and estimate their willingness to pay for improving drinking water quality. This paper also contributes to the narrow literature on valuation of benefits of measures for groundwater quality improvement by presenting an application of the choice experiment method in the Czestochowa Region of Poland. To the best of our knowledge this is the first study estimating the value of benefits of the groundwater quality improvement in Poland.

Wetland ownership and management in a common property resource setting: A case study of Hakaluki Haor in Bangladesh

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 429-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Ahmed ◽  
B. James Deaton ◽  
Rakhal Sarker ◽  
Tasneem Virani
Keyword(s):  
Common Property ◽  
Common Property Resource ◽  
Resource Setting

scholarly journals Runoff infiltration, a desktop case study

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 2300-2308 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. R. P. Bastien ◽  
S. Arthur ◽  
S. G. Wallis ◽  
M. Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Traditional Use ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Treatment Train ◽  
In Series ◽  
Water Quality And Quantity ◽  
Sustainable Drainage Systems

The use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) or best management practice is becoming increasingly common. However, rather than adopting the preferred ‘treatment train’ implementation, many developments opt for end-of-pipe control ponds. This paper discusses the use of SuDS in series to form treatment trains and compares their potential performance and effectiveness with end-of-pipe solutions. Land-use, site and catchment characteristics have been used alongside up-to-date guidance, Infoworks CS and MUSIC to determine whole-life-costs, land-take, water quality and quantity for different SuDS combinations. The results presented show that the use of a treatment train allows approaches differing from the traditional use of single SuDS, either source or ‘end-of-pipe’, to be proposed to treat and attenuate runoff. The outcome is a more flexible solution where the footprint allocated to SuDS, costs and water quality can be managed differently to fully meet stakeholder objectives.

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