TY - JOUR
T1 - Government management and overexploitation of groundwater resources
T2 - absence of local community initiatives in Ardabil plain-Iran
AU - Azizi, Ali
AU - Ghorbani, Amineh
AU - Malekmohammadi, Bahram
AU - Jafari, Hamid Reza
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Although mismanagement of groundwater resources has resulted in their destruction over centuries, climate change is speeding up this process more than ever. On the one hand, urgent action by government bodies is needed to address the challenge. On the other hand, a vast body of literature proves that bottom-up collective action, although requiring a longer time period, is a better solution to manage such resources. This research aims to address this dilemma. The groundwater resource in Ardabil plain in Iran, which has long been managed solely through government intervention, has been chosen as a case study to explore the opportunities and limitations of managing a critically endangered area from a common pool resource perspective. Our study suggests that managing Ardabil groundwater resources should be conducted on two scales. The bottom-up institutional agreements should take place at village scale while the government should stay in charge of the overall organization at plain scale.
AB - Although mismanagement of groundwater resources has resulted in their destruction over centuries, climate change is speeding up this process more than ever. On the one hand, urgent action by government bodies is needed to address the challenge. On the other hand, a vast body of literature proves that bottom-up collective action, although requiring a longer time period, is a better solution to manage such resources. This research aims to address this dilemma. The groundwater resource in Ardabil plain in Iran, which has long been managed solely through government intervention, has been chosen as a case study to explore the opportunities and limitations of managing a critically endangered area from a common pool resource perspective. Our study suggests that managing Ardabil groundwater resources should be conducted on two scales. The bottom-up institutional agreements should take place at village scale while the government should stay in charge of the overall organization at plain scale.
KW - Ardabil-Iran
KW - common pool resources
KW - government management
KW - groundwater
KW - social–ecological systems framework
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:36c69eda-2edc-4889-b667-9da5812d14d0
U2 - 10.1080/09640568.2016.1257975
DO - 10.1080/09640568.2016.1257975
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85010664753
SN - 0964-0568
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
JF - Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
ER -