Abstract
Abstract. The Kabu-ido system was a customary institution for groundwater management in a ring levee area of the Tokai region in Japan. It consists of three programs, a permit system for groundwater pumping, groundwater pricing, and economic compensation. The purpose of this paper is to clarify characteristics of the Kabu-ido as a groundwater management institution.
Highlights
The Kabu-ido system was a customary institution for groundwater management in a ring levee area of the Tokai region in Japan
In the 19th century, a conflict caused by groundwater pumping took place in the ring levee area
The conflict was mitigated by implementation of three programs, a permit system for groundwater pumping, groundwater pricing, and economic compensation
Summary
The conflict was mitigated by implementation of three programs, a permit system for groundwater pumping, groundwater pricing, and economic compensation These programs were gradually developed and later called the Kabu-ido system, which was created in the early 19th century and disappeared around the 1930s. Bekki (1932), Nakazawa et al (1936), Katano (1941), Mori (1964), and Matsubara (1968) clarified the Kabu-ido systems in the Takasu and Fukuzuka ring levees based on a wide review on historical documents. These studies were followed by the more recent works of Itoh and Aoki (1987), Kubota (2008), and Shimizu (2014). The purpose of this paper is to clarify characteristics of the Kabu-ido system as an institution for groundwater management
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