Property Rights and Network Order
The Case of Irrigation Works in the Western Himalayas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2499294 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Walter Coward (Cornell University, corresponding author), E Coward |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-88 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.49.1.g53435062n67k2g2 |
| OpenAlex | W2056079659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 2 |
In the middle of the 19th century, as part of their governance of the Punjab region, the British surveyed existing property rights in Kangra District (now an administrative unit in Himachal Pradesh). The British included in this survey the recording of irrigation rights. This research explores the relationships between these British-recorded irrigation rights and the contemporary organization and operations of a local irrigation network (kuhl). Also explored are two examples of involvement by the state irrigation agency in attempts to improve these local irrigation systems. The research concludes that the irrigation rights documented in the British era provide much of the social glue required for operating and sustaining these small hydraulic works. The irrigation agency's attention to these important irrigation rights influences its success in providing assistance to the traditional kuhls
Agency (philosophy) · Business · Corporate governance · Geography · Irrigation · Irrigation district · Order (exchange) · Political science · Property rights · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Water resource management · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Finance · Law · Public Administration · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Water Governance and Infrastructure
From watertowers of mankind to livelihood strategies of mountain dwellers
The Cultural Effects of Conveyance Loss in Gravity-Fed Irrigation Systems
Expanding tenure horizons in food policy research
Canal irrigation and the hydrosocial cycle
The Battlefield of Water Rights
Common Property Resource Theory and the Kuhl Irrigation Systems of Himachal Pradesh, India
The social life of water rights
Complex management of water and agriculture
It Takes Two Hands to Clap
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2025 (31) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |