What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab
The Indus Basin Irrigation System suffers significant inequity in access to surface water across its millions of users. Information, i.e., monitoring and reporting of water availability, may be of value in improving conditions across the basin, and we investigated this via an experimental game of wa...
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2015
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| author | Shah, M. Azeem A. Anwar, Arif A. Ringler, Claudia |
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| description | The Indus Basin Irrigation System suffers significant inequity in access to surface water across its millions of users. Information, i.e., monitoring and reporting of water availability, may be of value in improving conditions across the basin, and we investigated this via an experimental game of water distribution in Punjab, Pakistan. We found evidence that flow information allowed players to take more effective action to target overuse, and that overall activities that might bring social disapproval were reduced with information. However, we did not find any overall improvement in equity across the system, suggesting that information on its own might not be sufficient to lead to better water distribution among irrigators. |
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| spelling | CGSpace763082025-04-24T19:51:25Z What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab Shah, M. Azeem A. Anwar, Arif A. Ringler, Claudia watercourses irrigation systems food production field experiments water supply monitoring equity water distribution water availability surface water water resources irrigation productivity decision making river basins water use water allocation The Indus Basin Irrigation System suffers significant inequity in access to surface water across its millions of users. Information, i.e., monitoring and reporting of water availability, may be of value in improving conditions across the basin, and we investigated this via an experimental game of water distribution in Punjab, Pakistan. We found evidence that flow information allowed players to take more effective action to target overuse, and that overall activities that might bring social disapproval were reduced with information. However, we did not find any overall improvement in equity across the system, suggesting that information on its own might not be sufficient to lead to better water distribution among irrigators. 2015 2016-07-28T05:15:24Z 2016-07-28T05:15:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76308 en Open Access Resilience Alliance, Inc. Shah, M. Azeem A.; Anwar, Arif; Ringler, C. 2015. What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system? evidence from an experimental game in Punjab. Ecology and Society, 20(1):1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07368-200151 |
| spellingShingle | watercourses irrigation systems food production field experiments water supply monitoring equity water distribution water availability surface water water resources irrigation productivity decision making river basins water use water allocation Shah, M. Azeem A. Anwar, Arif A. Ringler, Claudia What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title | What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title_full | What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title_fullStr | What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title_full_unstemmed | What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title_short | What role can information play in improved equity in Pakistan’s irrigation system?: evidence from an experimental game in Punjab |
| title_sort | what role can information play in improved equity in pakistan s irrigation system evidence from an experimental game in punjab |
| topic | watercourses irrigation systems food production field experiments water supply monitoring equity water distribution water availability surface water water resources irrigation productivity decision making river basins water use water allocation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76308 |
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