Water Allocation Strategies for the Kat Basin in South Africa : Comparing Negotiation Tools and Game Theory Models

Governments and developing agencies promote participatory approaches in solving common pool resource problems, such as in the water sector. Two main participatory approaches have been applied separately, namely negotiation and mediation. In this paper the authors apply the Role-Playing Game that is a component of the Companion Modeling approach, a negotiation procedure, and the Cooperative Game Theory (Shapley value and the Nucleolus solution concepts) that can be mirrored as a mediated mechanism to a water allocation problem in the Kat watershed in South Africa. While the absolute results of the two approaches differ, the negotiation and the cooperative game theory provide similar shares of the benefit allocated to the players from various cooperative arrangements. By evaluating the two approaches, the authors provide useful tips for future extension for both the Role-Playing Games and the Cooperative Game Theory applications.

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Main Authors:	Dinar, Ariel, Farolfi, Stefano, Patrone, Fioravante, Rowntree, Kate
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-12
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL USES, ALLOCATION OF WATER, ANNUAL RAINFALL, AVAILABLE WATER, BULK WATER, CATCHMENT, CATCHMENT LEVEL, CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT, CATCHMENTS, COMMON PROPERTY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COST SHARING, CUBIC METERS, DEMAND FOR WATER, DOMESTIC USE, DOMESTIC USES, DOMESTIC WATER, DOMESTIC WATER CONSUMPTION, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ECONOMICS, ECOSYSTEM, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, EVAPORATION, EXTERNALITIES, FARMERS, FARMS, FISH, FISHERIES, FORESTRY, GRAZING, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, HOUSEHOLDS, INCOME, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY, IRRIGATORS, LABOR FORCE, LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, MARKET PRICES, NATURAL RESOURCES, OPERATORS, PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES, POPULATION DYNAMICS, PRESENT VALUE, PRODUCERS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RENEWABLE RESOURCES, RIVER BASIN, RIVER CATCHMENT, RIVER WATER, RUNOFF, SOURCES OF WATER, STORAGE CAPACITY, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SURFACE WATER, TAP WATER, TARIFF INCREASE, TOTAL WATER REQUIREMENTS, WATER AFFAIRS, WATER ALLOCATION, WATER ALLOCATION ISSUES, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER DEMAND, WATER DISTRIBUTION, WATER LEGISLATION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER QUANTITY, WATER RESEARCH, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICES, WATER SHORTAGE, WATER SOURCE, WATER SOURCES, WATER STORAGE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT, WATER TARIFF, WATER TARIFFS, WATER USE, WATER USER, WATER USER ASSOCIATION, WATER USERS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, WATER USES, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WATERSHEDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/12/7249123/water-allocation-strategies-kat-basin-south-africa-comparing-negotiation-tools-game-theory-models https://hdl.handle.net/10986/8823
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