Figure 1
Schematic representation of the systematic review process.
Table 1
Definition of review parameters.
| CATEGORY | REVIEW PARAMETER | DEFINITION |
|---|---|---|
| Method | Case study | Single case study or small-N comparative case study that contains detailed description of the cases. |
| large-N study | A quantitative analysis of large-N samples with first-hand data without description in-depth | |
| Meta-analysis | A quantitative study that revisits the existing database. | |
| Experiment | Study that conducts laboratory experiment or field experiment. | |
| Mixed study | The articles use more than one method. | |
| Data sources | Primary | The data sources used are first-hand. |
| Secondary | The data sources used are second-hand. | |
| Mixed | The data sources used combine both first-hand and second-hand ones. | |
| Analysis units | Village | Village is administrative, organizational, and historical units of a group of people. |
| Community | Community is a collective of people, who use the same CPR system without an established governance organization. | |
| System-oriented | The analysis unit of articles is community-based irrigation system. | |
| Association-oriented | The analysis unit of articles is established community-based irrigation users association. | |
| Household | Household is the organization of agricultural activities on the basis of family. | |
| Individual | Individual is the independent human that participates in irrigation activities. | |
| Not specified | The articles combine more than one type of analysis unit. | |
| Study area | Specified | The study area locates within one specific continent (i.e., Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America) |
| Not specified | The study areas include more than one continent. | |
| Discipline | Social science | The disciplinary category of the journal in which the articles were published is covered in the category of social science citation index. |
| Ecology | The disciplinary category of the journal in which the articles were published is environmental sciences or ecology. | |
| Water resources | The disciplinary category of the journal in which the articles were published is water resources. | |
| Interdisciplinary | The disciplinary category of the journal in which the articles were published is other categories. | |
| Research subject | Collective action and self-governance | Scholars primarily focused on community collective action, placing cooperation or self-governance as their key explained variables. |
| Sustainability of water resources | Scholars paid direct attention to the utilization of water resources and ecological conservation, concerning the efficiency, ecological, and sustainable performance of a community-based irrigation system. | |
| Water entitlements | Scholars concern with maintaining livelihood of poor rural households and ensuring equitable access and entitlement of vulnerable groups to irrigation resources. | |
| Discussion frequency of first-tier variables of SES framework | The number of articles that examine first-tier variables of SES framework as main research object or conclude findings about them. | |
Table 2
(1) Analysis unit of articles (2) Study areas (3) Method of studies (4) Disciplinary (5) Data sources used.
| (1) ANALYSIS UNITS | NO. | (2) STUDY AERAS | NO. | (3) METHODS | NO. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village | 22 | Asia | 50 | Case study | 40 |
| Community | 17 | Africa | 11 | large-N study | 27 |
| System-oriented | 15 | Europe | 6 | Meta-analysis | 7 |
| Association-oriented | 10 | North America | 5 | Experiment | 5 |
| Household | 6 | South America | 3 | Mixed study | 4 |
| Individual | 5 | Not specified | 8 | ||
| Not specified | 8 | ||||
| (4) DISCIPLINES | NO. | (5) DATA SOURCES | NO. | ||
| Social science | 47 | Primary | 74 | ||
| Water resources | 19 | Secondary | 7 | ||
| Ecology | 16 | Mixed | 2 | ||
| Interdisciplinary | 1 |
Figure 2
Proportions of different research methods used by the selected articles (1991–2019).
Figure 3
Summary of development trends in examined variables of the reviewed articles.
Figure 4
Discussion frequency of first-tier variables of SES framework.