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| Personal name | Sowmini G Prasad |
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| Title | Effectiveness of Decentralised Governance of Grazing Commons |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Bangalore |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | NLSIU, Bangalore |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 97p. |
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| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Abbreviations ix;<br/>Illustrations (Figures, Charts, Maps, Diagrams) x;<br/>Tables xi;<br/>Acknowledgments xii;<br/>1. Introduction 1;<br/>1.1. Introduction 1;<br/>1.2. Review of Literature 2;<br/>1.2.1. Services Provided by Grassland Ecosystem and the Arguments for their Protection 3;<br/>1.2.2. Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Grassland Management Practices 5;<br/>1.2.3.Current Legal and Policy Landscape Governing Grasslands 8;<br/>1.2.4. Decentralised Governance of Grazing Commons 10;<br/>1.3. Research Problem 11;<br/>1.4. Research Questions 12;<br/>1.5. Research Objectives 12;<br/>2. Research Methodology 13;<br/>2.1. Analytical Framework 13;<br/>2.1.1. Situational Variables 14;<br/>2.1.1.1. Physical and technological characteristics 14;<br/>2.1.1.2. Decision-making arrangements 14;<br/>2.1.1.3. Social characteristics of the community 15;<br/>2.1.2. Relationship between Situational Variables 15;<br/>2.1.2.1. Patterns of interaction. 15;<br/>2.1.2.2. Action-strategies of individuals 15;<br/>2.1.2.3. Context-bound factors 15;<br/>2.1.2.4. Outcomes 15;<br/>2.2. Operationalising the Multiple-Use Analytical Framework 16;<br/>2.2.1. Mapping of Research Questions to Components of the Analytical Framework 16;<br/>2.2.1.1. Research Question 1 16;<br/>2.2.1.2. Analytical Framework Component 16;<br/>2.2.1.3. Research Question 2 16;<br/>2.2.1.4. Analytical Framework Component. 16;<br/>2.2.2. Contextualizing the Components of the Analytical Framework 16;<br/>2.2.2.1. Physical and technological characteristics 16;<br/>2.2.2.2. Decision-making arrangements 17;<br/>2.2.2.3. Social characteristics of the community 17;<br/>2.2.2.4. Context-bound factors 18;<br/>2.2.2.5. Patterns of interaction and action-strategies of individuals. 18;<br/>2.2.2.6.Outcomes 18;<br/>2.3. Research Design 19;<br/>2.3.1. Area of Study 19;<br/>2.3.1.1. Karnataka 20;<br/>2.3.1.2. Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts. 21;<br/>2.3.2. Sampling 22;<br/>2.3.3. Research Tools 24;<br/>2.3.4. Data Collected. 25;<br/>2.3.5. Methods of Data Analysis 28;<br/>2.3.6. Scope and Limitations of the Study 29;<br/>3. Understanding the Institutional Landscape 31;<br/>3.1. Sub-Committee Formation - Bringing Natural Resource Management into Local Governance 31;<br/>3.1.1. Non-Governmental Organisation - Foundation for Ecological Security 33;<br/>3.1.2. Village/ Habitation/ Ward 34;<br/>3.1.3. Gram Panchayat 35;<br/>3.2. Nature and the Scale of NRM Sub-Committees 36;<br/>3.3. Nesting of the NRM Sub-Committees within the Institution of the State. 37;<br/>3.3.1. Gram Panchayat 38;<br/>3.3.2. Habitation/ Ward Level Sub-Committee - Grama Parisara Abhivriddi Samithi 39;<br/>3.3.3. Village/ Habitation/ Ward 40;<br/>3.3.4. Non-Governmental Organisation - Foundation for Ecological Security 41;<br/>3.4. Financing the Sub-Committee 41;<br/>3.4.1. Convergence with Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 41;<br/>3.5. Functioning of the Sub-Committee 42;<br/>3.5.1. Committee Meetings 42;<br/>3.5.2. Participation of Women 43;<br/>3.5.3. General Participatory and Democratic Nature of the Committee. 44;<br/>3.6. Nature of Work and the Extent of Community Participation 46;<br/>3.7. Internal Rules of the Village Institution 49;<br/>3.7.1. Access 49;<br/>3.7.2. Usage 49;<br/>3.7.3. Distribution of Benefits. 50;<br/>3.7.4. Enforcement of Rules 51;<br/>3.8. Security and Clarity of Tenure of Grazing Commons 51;<br/>3.8.1. Forest Department and the Village Community 52;<br/>3.8.2. Revenue Department and the Village Community 53;<br/>3.8.3. Developmental Needs and Ecological Needs 54;<br/>4. Patterns of Interaction 57;<br/>4.1. The Changing Relationship between Communities and Commons 57;<br/>4.1.1. Land Ownership 57;<br/>4.1.2. The Urban-Rural Difference 60;<br/>4.1.2.1. Pokmakalapalli 61;<br/>4.1.2.2. Channigarayapura 63;<br/>4.2. Extent of Development or Penetration of Schemes of the Government 64;<br/>4.3. Presence of Visible Short-term Benefits 65;<br/>4.4. Awareness among Government Officials and the Support they are Willing to Extend 66;<br/>4.5. Local Leadership 68;<br/>5. Benefits Derived by Communities 69;<br/>5.1. Ecological Benefits 69;<br/>5.1.1. Overall Tree/ Green Cover 69;<br/>5.1.2. Increase in Ground Water Levels 72;<br/>5.1.3. Visible Change in Bio-diversity 73;<br/>5.1.4. Reduced Instances of Forest Fire 74;<br/>5.1.5. Increased Awareness 74;<br/>5.2. Economic Benefits 75;<br/>5.2.1. Employment Generation 75;<br/>5.2.2. Alternative Sources of Income 75;<br/>5.2.3. Reversed Migration 76;<br/>5.2.4. Increase in Agricultural Productivity 76;<br/>5.3. Social and Political Benefits 77;<br/>5.3.1. Towards Creating a Sense of Ownership 77;<br/>5.3.2. Equitable Access to Resources 77;<br/>5.3.3. Bringing Governance Closer to Communities 78;<br/>5.3.4. Space for Women and Other Marginalised Communities 78;<br/>5.4. Enabling a Coping Mechanism to Climate Hazards 79;<br/>6. Summary of Findings 80;<br/>6.1. Institutional Landscape 80;<br/>6.2. Patterns of Interaction 82;<br/>6.3. Benefits Derived by the Communities 84;<br/>7. Recommendations 86;<br/>7.1. Strengthening of PRIs and Continued Engagement with Civil Society Organisations 86;<br/>7.2. Security and Clarity of Tenure of Grazing Commons 86;<br/>7.3.Mainstreaming Sustainable Management of Grazing Commons 87;<br/>Appendix;<br/>i. Interview Schedule 89;<br/>References 96.<br/> |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Climate hazards |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Indigenous Knowledge |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Prof. Pradeep Ramavath J – Guide |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/283">https://dans.nls.ac.in/handle/123456789/283</a> |
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| Koha item type | Dissertation |
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