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Grunnvassforvaltning. Om Elinor Ostrom si tilnærming til forvaltning av grunnvatn

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  • Berge, Erling

    (Centre for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

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The paper discusses the challenges present in the management of groundwater. The theoretical approach of Elinor Ostrom is presented and her study of the management of groundwater in Southern California in the 1960ies is used illuminate how the bottom up process for developing a sustainable system of governance works in California. The most general challenge for a management system is to establish reasonably accurate knowledge about the extent of the groundwater reservoir, a list of the holders of rights to access or pump the groundwater, and the amount taken by those who exercise their rights. If the rights holders are to govern themselves, they need an institutional framework that allows them to create a legally valid constitution for these who have rights in the groundwater. The system of Home-rule that governs local management of public affairs in California provides such framework. This has been studied as polycentric governance.

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  • Berge, Erling, 2018. "Grunnvassforvaltning. Om Elinor Ostrom si tilnærming til forvaltning av grunnvatn," CLTS Working Papers 8/18, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Centre for Land Tenure Studies, revised 16 Oct 2019.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:nlsclt:2018_008
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    Keywords

    grunnvann; forvaltning; Ostrom; polysentrisk styring; institusjonell design;
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    JEL classification:

    • H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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