Economic Analysis of Agricultural and Rural Institutional Capital- Investigation of Regional Use of Irrigation Water
| Project/Area Number |
11460099
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Agro-economics
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| Research Institution | HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
OSANAMI Fumio Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Agr. Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (00113697)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMAMOTO Yasutaka Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Agr. Asso. Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (90191452)
DEMURA Katsuhiko Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Agr. Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 教授 (70091551)
KONDO Takumi Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Agr. Asso. Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (40178413)
SAWADA Yutaka Hokusei Gakuen Univ, Fac. of Economics, Prof., 教授 (10118119)
SAKASHETA Akihiko Hokkaido Univ., Grad. School of Agr. Asso. Prof., 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (70170595)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥10,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥10,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥4,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000)
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| Keywords | Regional use of irrigation water / Institutional capital / Irrigation water / water right / water resource / Pareto efficiency / Irrigation district / Social common capital |
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| Research Abstract |
At present, the world-wide argument of the private ownership of the water rights or the communal ownership is made over the efficiency use of the scarce water resources. Irrigation system in Japan has been formed through the historical process, and the custom water rights were considered as the right unified with the agricultural land. It is classified as Riparian water right. Japan is evaluated as one of the countries which attained the most effective sustainable use of water resources. The tragedy of the commons is not applicable to the Japanese agriculture and the rural area.
However, due to the change in the economic environment the use of irrigation water has gradually been changed to utilize the scarce water resource. As for the drinking and other daily use of water, the "regional use of water" should be necessary for the increasing demand of water in the non-agriculture sector including the non-beneficiary use which aims to maintain the recovery of the natural environment.
The institutional capital was defined as the stock of various institutions and the social organization which manages the irrigation system and the other related social capital) that is, the hardware of the water supply system. The way to use the "regional water" in the rural area was investigated in Tbhoku region and Hokkaido. There are some places where it is efficiently managed by the cooperative work between the irrigation district and the local government. The cost share system between irrigation water and "regional water" is also found. A theoretical examination was added related to the efficient water use and the importance of stewardship in rural area.
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