Accessing Flexibility
A Historical Institutional Analysis of Water Use for Oil and Gas Development in Colorado
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12163671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karie Boone (Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A., corresponding author), Melinda Laituri (0000-0002-2268-6774, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.), Reagan Waskom (Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 717-733 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society & Natural Resources (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-1920 • E-ISSN: 1521-0723 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08941920.2017.1423434 |
| OpenAlex | W2791346759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
US Mountain West Water access and allocation institutions have a history of adapting policy and practice to increase flexibility for diverse water uses. We examine how flexible access has developed over time and space by operationalizing the historical institutional (HI) theoretical and methodological framework. We trace historical water access for oil and gas (OG) development in Colorado, working from contemporary water right data to examine historical critical events, policies, and political contexts. OG water use has iteratively shaped water governance institutions in the top OG producing regions of Colorado, Weld, and Garfield Counties. The analysis suggests that to more accurately capture institutional change and continuity in resource allocation systems, an analysis of informal institutions is an essential theoretical contribution to the HI framework. While increased flexibility makes multiple uses easier, policies favor the most economically lucrative beneficial uses and generate issues of transparency, an important consideration for the public’s resource. Future practices of flexibility are contingent on market structures and institutional access mechanisms shaped during previous government policy processes, illuminating the value of the HI framework to inform future water policy
Business · Computer security · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · Flexibility (engineering · Government (linguistics · Institutional analysis · Natural resource economics · Operationalization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Transparency (behavior · American Environmental and Regional History · Computer Science · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Water resources management and optimization
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| Citations per year | 0.14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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