<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India"^^ . "In the context of India, water is historically stored on the surface in small reservoirs\r\nwhich also recharge shallow groundwater aquifers. There is a strong evidence that such\r\nstructures have the potential to achieve a wide range of societal goals. Nevertheless, despite\r\nits obvious potentials, many communities fail to manage structures sustainably. In the\r\ncontext of watershed projects the water infrastructure works well as long as there is external\r\nfacilitation but cooperation in maintenance often breaks down as soon as projects come to\r\nan end.This experimental study helps to better understand cooperation patterns in Rajasthan\r\ncommunities using and managing small village reservoirs. In addition, this study is intended\r\nto create awareness amongst farmers for the cooperation challenge and encourage\r\ndiscussions related to it. Experimental approaches have the potential to facilitate dialogue,\r\nshared learning, collective decision making, and strengthening the adaptive management\r\ncapacity of local communities. We played framed public good experiments with 300 community \r\nleaders and other local stakeholders. We introduced communication and social information \r\nin terms of revealing the players’ decisions. The discussion was a critical element of our \r\ngame as it allowed the players to start negotiations and propose rules. We further introduced \r\ninstitutional mechanisms as additional treatments. Our results suggest that participants were \r\nable to generate solutions that are substantially better than the predictions of standard \r\neconomic theory even under private decision making without communication. Introducing information \r\nand revealing the individual behaviour increases investments significantly. Players who agree to \r\nrules but also those who propose a punishment invest higher amounts. Introducing the opportunity \r\nto sanction fellow players also increased investments even though those who were punished reduced their\r\ncontributions. The discussions showed that the players connected the game to their real life experiences.\r\nThey highlighted challenges but gave also examples where cooperation in the community is working well. \r\nThe game sessions were a revelation for the community that led to a learning process."^^ . "2017-09" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "K"^^ . "Shalander"^^ . "K Shalander"^^ . . "S"^^ . "Srigiri"^^ . "S Srigiri"^^ . . "T"^^ . "Falk"^^ . "T Falk"^^ . . . . "Tropentag 2017 - Future Agriculture: Social-ecological transitions and bio-cultural shifts'"^^ . . . . . "University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany"^^ . . . . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (PDF)"^^ . . . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional.pdf"^^ . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Experimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #10215 \n\nExperimental Exploration of Institutional Transition Options for Sustainable Management of Common Watershed Infrastructure in India\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Watershed Management"@en . . . "Water Resources"@en . . . "Indian Agriculture"@en . .