Water has become an urgent theme in anthropology as the worldwide need to provide
adequate supplies of clean water to all people becomes more challenging. Anthropologists …

The purpose of this essay is to argue that process-regarding preferences or social norms are
pervasive in traditional village communities, yet are subject to gradual erosion under the …

Berbers, also known as Imazighen, are the ancient inhabitants of North Africa, but rarely
have they formed an actual kingdom or separate nation state. Ranging anywhere between …

One of the consequences of rapid tourism expansion is abrupt pressure on local keystone
resources such as water and energy. While novel wastewater technologies have been …

Les élections législatives marocaines de septembre 2002, premier scrutin organisé sous le
règne de Mohammed VI. ont été l'objet de nombreuses espérances et conjectures de la part …

—In most places around the world, multiple types of property rights regimes govern water.
This chapter outlines various types of property rights and explores institutional design …

The residents of the settlement of Moran, located along the border of Guatemala's Sierra de
las Minas Biosphere Reserve, have lived in the area for over a century. Despite a lack of …

Las últimas décadas han supuesto una fuerte renovación en el interés académico en los
espacios comunales, más aún en un contexto de revalorización del mundo rural y de lo …

Cooperation and conflicts are integrally associated with irrigation systems throughout the
world (Bacdayan 1980; Coward 1979, 1980; Hunt and Hunt 1974; Mitchell 1976; Leach …

In recent decades, development economists have stressed the pervasive incidence of
market imperfections in poor countries as well as the adverse welfare consequences of …