Nested institutions for preventing and solving socio-environmental conflicts: Management and distribution of water in Campo Alegre (Huila, Colombia)

María Alejandra Vélez, Pablo Andrés Ramos, Laura Alayón

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Abstract

This article examines the case of irrigation canal in Campo Alegre Usoigua, Huila, in southwestern Colombia. From an institutional approach, Community arrangements and formal forms of regulation that have emerged as a set of nested institutions for handling the resource in times of shortage and for preventing socio-environmental conflicts are studied.

Translated title of the contributionInstituciones anidadas para prevenir y resolver conflictos socio-ambientales: Manejo y distribución del agua en Campo Alegre (Huila, Colombia)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-90
Number of pages20
JournalCuadernos de Desarrollo Rural
Volume8
Issue number67
StatePublished - Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Social conflicts
  • Social interaction
  • Social norms
  • Social sciences

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