Playing games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India

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dc.creatorMeinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
dc.creatorJanssen, Marco A.
dc.creatorKandikuppa, Sandeep
dc.creatorChaturvedi, Rahul
dc.creatorRao, Kaushalendra
dc.creatorTheis, Sophie
dc.date2018-07
dc.date2019-02-06T12:29:16Z
dc.date2019-02-06T12:29:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:44:26Z
dc.descriptionGroundwater is one of the most challenging common pool resources to govern, resulting in resource depletion in many areas. We present an innovative use of collective action games to not only measure propensity for cooperation, but to improve local understanding of groundwater interrelationships and stimulate collective governance of groundwater, based on a pilot study in Andhra Pradesh, India. The games simulate crop choice and consequences for the aquifer. These were followed by a community debriefing, which provided an entry point for discussing the interconnectedness of groundwater use, to affect mental models about groundwater. A slightly modified game was played in the same communities, one year later. Our study finds communication within the game increased the likelihood of groups reaching sustainable extraction levels in the second year of play, but not the first. Individual payments to participants based on how they played in the game had no effect on crop choice. Either repeated experience with the games or the revised structure of the game evoked more cooperation in the second year, outweighing other factors influencing behavior, such as education, gender, and trust index scores. After the games were played, a significantly higher proportion of communities adopted water registers and rules to govern groundwater, compared to other communities in the same NGO water commons program. Because groundwater levels are affected by many factors, games alone will not end groundwater depletion. However, games can contribute to social learning about the role of crop choice and collective action, to motivate behavior change toward more sustainable groundwater extraction.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99299
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113279
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148115
dc.relationhttp://www.ifpri.org/blog/playing-games-save-water
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133794
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134238
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134949
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMeinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Janssen, Marco A.; Kandikuppa, Sandeep; Chaturvedi, Rahul; Rao, Kaushalendra; Theis, Sophie. 2018. Playing games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India. World Development 107(July 2018): 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.02.006
dc.subjectwater management
dc.subjectcollective action
dc.subjectgroundwater
dc.subjectlearning
dc.subjectcollective behaviour
dc.subjectstakeholders
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectgroundwater irrigation
dc.subjectgroundwater table
dc.subjectvarieties
dc.subjectaquifers
dc.subjectstakeholder engagement
dc.subjectexperimental design
dc.subjectawareness-raising
dc.subjectbehavioural responses
dc.subjectself-sufficiency
dc.titlePlaying games to save water: Collective action games for groundwater management in Andhra Pradesh, India
dc.typeJournal Article

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