Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reviews Review Faculty Publications- Reviews Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A heuristic analysis of equity and equality in the institutionalisation of property rights: The Baliraja water distribution experiment, India Subject The topic of the resource Equality; Equity; India; Natural resource management; Property rights; Water distribution Description An account of the resource Natural resource management perceived as a search for institutions that can ensure simultaneous fulfilment of three goals: productivity (or efficiency), sustainability and equity. In this article, we study the implications of pursuing the goal of equity in the management of surface water resources for irrigation with a heuristic model incorporating a Leontief-type fixed production function. The analysis has been carried out in the backdrop of the Baliraja water distribution experiment in India. One suggestion is that the allocating tradable water rights over water, a common property natural resource, can be used as an instrument to improve equity. Unfortunately, advocating the use of water distribution as an instrument of poverty alleviation is fraught with implicit assumptions about the rural economy and uncertain outcomes. It is important for planners to understand that the concepts of equity and equality are applicable to inputs and outputs or outcomes. We attempt to understand the implications of equality in water distribution on social welfare with a simple heuristic analysis. Theoretical analysis shows the possible outcomes of such a policy and also intended to raise pertinent questions and hypotheses in studying the effectiveness of irrigation and watershed initiatives where rights over water have been redistributed equally. Copyright 2009 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sivramkrishna S.; Jyotishi A. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Vol-8, No. 1, pp. 90-106. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Inderscience Publishers Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2009-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2009.023078" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.1504/IJARGE.2009.023078</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-60049094891&amp;doi=10.1504%2FIJARGE.2009.023078&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=26bcdf5dd3796e430eac1b171e2176c8" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-60049094891&amp;doi=10.1504%2fIJARGE.2009.023078&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=26bcdf5dd3796e430eac1b171e2176c8</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 14624605; CODEN: IJARD Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Review Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Sivramkrishna S., Foundation to Aid Industrial Recovery, Richmond Town, Bangalore 560 025, Karnataka, No. 11, Prime Street, India; Jyotishi A., Ohio University Christ College Academy for Management Education, Bangalore 560 029, Karnataka, Hosur Road, India