2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study of community-based drought adaptation: The case of the Sanuki Plain
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26870690
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Design and evaluation of sustainable and environmental conscious system
Agricultural science in rural society and development
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| Research Institution | Nanzan University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 渇水管理 / 讃岐平野 / ため池 / 農業用水 / 香川用水 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Focusing on the institutional adaptation that was carried out in the Sanuki Plain during the 1994 drought, this study demonstrated that agricultural water coming from the Sameura reservoir (through the main Kagawa canal) was delivered to the local ponds in the Sanuki Plain in a way that was cooperative but left the autonomy of the farmers using the water from each pond unimpaired. This system can be seen as an application of the “principle of subsidiarity” and has enhanced the effectiveness of drought adaptation in the Sanuki Plain. Further, we argue that, from the viewpoint of sustainable economic development, water sharing carried out among farmers to avoid irreversible losses from that drought increased the substitutability between water resources and several other capital assets.
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| Free Research Field |
環境経済学
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