The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use : The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China

Autor: Kajisa, Kei, Dong, Bin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
DOMESTIC WATER
PUMPING
DEMAND FOR WATER
WATER APPLICATION
FLOW
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
WATER CONSERVATION
RESEARCH
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
IRRIGATION SCHEME
WATER MANAGERS
IRRIGATION
WATER SOURCES
WATER
INDUSTRIAL USE
LARGE RESERVOIRS
IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
RAINFALL
FIXED FEE
CONSTRUCTION
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY
WATER RESOURCE
STATISTICS
ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES
WATER DEMAND
WATER SOURCE
HOUSEHOLDS
CULTIVATED AREA
FARMING
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
FARMERS
FRESH WATER
DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY
MARGINAL COST
WATER MANAGEMENT
CONSERVATION
WATER USER
RAINFALL PATTERNS
PRESSURE
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
FIXED COSTS
LEAD
GRAVITY
SYSTEMS
WATER DISTRIBUTION
COLLECTION SYSTEM
WATER PRICING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
IRRIGATION WATER
SOIL TYPES
HIGH WATER
RAIN
AGRICULTURAL WATER
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USE
WATER FEES
WATER ALLOCATION
LAND TENURE
NATURAL RESOURCES
FOOD PRODUCTION
PONDS
CANAL MAINTENANCE
WATER SAVINGS
WATER SCARCITY
INTERNATIONAL WATER
PROVINCIAL WATER
RESERVOIRS
SEEPAGE
WATER USERS
PUMPS
Popis: This article examines the effect of water pricing policies on farmers’ water saving behaviors, using original water user group (WUG) data from a reservoir irrigation system in China. The introduction of volumetric water pricing at the group level, to replace area-based pricing, induces institutional change to prevent each member’s overuse of water when the volumetric price levels are moderate. Depending on the initial conditions, the multiple pathways of change lead to new institutional arrangements, with all of them contributing to water savings. However, when the price is set high enough, many farmers exit a WUG for private irrigation. This tendency is associated with an increased probability that the remaining members do not undertake institutional change and that they do not end up saving water. This may be due to the increased management difficulties among the remaining members whose fields are separated by former members who have now opted out for private irrigation across the WUG. As a result, we do not find evidence that the reservoir water is saved at high volumetric price levels.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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