Assessing the feasibility of integrating ecosystem-based with engineered water resource governance and management for water security in semi-arid landscapes: A case study in the Banas catchment, Rajasthan, India

Much of the developing world and areas of the developed world suffer water vulnerability. Engineering solutions enable technically efficient extraction and diversion of water towards areas of demand but, without rebalancing resource regeneration, can generate multiple adverse ecological and human consequences. The Banas River, Rajasthan (India), has been extensively developed for water diversion, particularly from the Bisalpur Dam from which water is appropriated by powerful urban constituencies dispossessing local people. Coincidentally, abandonment of traditional management, including groundwater recharge practices, is leading to increasingly receding and contaminated groundwater. This creates linked vulnerabilities for rural communities, irrigation schemes, urban users, dependent ecosystems and the multiple ecosystem services that they provide, compounded by climate change and population growth. This paper addresses vulnerabilities created by fragmented policy measures between rural development, urban and irrigation water supply and downstream consequences for people and wildlife. Perpetuating narrowly technocentric approaches to resource exploitation is likely only to compound emerging problems. Alternatively, restoration or innovation of groundwater recharge practices, particularly in the upper catchment, can represent a proven, ecosystem-based approach to resource regeneration with linked beneficial socio-ecological benefits. Hybridising an ecosystem-based approach with engineered methods can simultaneously increase the security of rural livelihoods, piped urban and irrigation supplies, and the vitality of river ecosystems and their services to beneficiaries. A renewed policy focus on local-scale water recharge practices balancing water extraction technologies is consistent with emerging Rajasthani policies, particularly Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (‘water self-reliance mission’). Policy reform emphasising recharge can contribute to water security and yield socio-economic outcomes through a systemic understanding of how the water system functions, and by connecting goals and budgets across multiple, currently fragmented policy areas. The underpinning principles of this necessary paradigm shift are proven and have wider geographic relevance, though context-specific research is required to underpin robust policy and practical implementation

A Recipe for Success? Sustaining Creativity Among First-Time Creative Producers -- Dataset Used for Study 3

AbstractSustaining creativity is difficult. We identify the conditions that determine repeat production of novelty among first-time producers, and the psychological mechanism transmitting their effects. Our theoretical model highlights that the novelty of a first production can lower the probability of creating a second production, particularly when the first production is bestowed with an award or recognition. This effect occurs primarily because individuals who win an award for a prior novel production experience a greater threat to their creative identity when anticipating having to produce follow-up novel work. We test our theoretical model in three studies: an archival study of first-time cookbook authors in the United Kingdom and two experiments. Our results provide some support for our theoretical model—award-winning producers of novel cookbooks (or ideas for them) are less likely to follow-up their initial production with a second one, largely because of the potential erosion to a person’s creative identity that doing so may cause. Our findings highlight the intricacies of sustaining creativity over time and offer insights into why some producers abandon their creative efforts. DescriptionThe same dataset in two different formats and a file with the commands to run the code in Stata. Variables included: second_novel_idea 0 = Participants who chose to exploit their work by developing an idea for a sequel or for a marketing campaign for the first cookbook they had written1 = Participants who chose to develop another idea for a second, new cookbook theme novel0 = Participants in the conventional condition1 = Participants in the novel condition award0 = Participants in the no award condition1 = Participants in the award condition creative_identity_threatAverage of seven different items measuring a participant's creative identity threat (on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)) creative_identityAverage of five different items (based on Farmer et al., 2003) measuring a participant's creative identity (on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)) declining_creativity_beliefs Average of three different itmes (Lucas and Nordgren, 2020) measuring a participant's declining creativity beliefs (on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)) exploitation_inclinations Average of four different itmes (based on Mom et al., 2009) measuring a participant's exploitation inclinations (on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)) female0 = Male participant1 = Female participant ageAge of the participant at the time that the experiment was conducte

A Recipe for Success? Sustaining Creativity Among First-Time Creative Producers

This contains two items (Study 2 and Study 3). Each items contains three files: the dataset in two formats and the command to run the code in Stata

A Recipe for Success? Sustaining Creativity Among First-Time Creative Producers

This contains two items (Study 2 and Study 3). Each items contains three files: the dataset in two formats and the command to run the code in Stata

A Recipe for Success? Sustaining Creativity Among First-Time Creative Producers -- Dataset Used for Study 2

AbstractSustaining creativity is difficult. We identify the conditions that determine repeat production of novelty among first-time producers, and the psychological mechanism transmitting their effects. Our theoretical model highlights that the novelty of a first production can lower the probability of creating a second production, particularly when the first production is bestowed with an award or recognition. This effect occurs primarily because individuals who win an award for a prior novel production experience a greater threat to their creative identity when anticipating having to produce follow-up novel work. We test our theoretical model in three studies: an archival study of first-time cookbook authors in the United Kingdom and two experiments. Our results provide some support for our theoretical model—award-winning producers of novel cookbooks (or ideas for them) are less likely to follow-up their initial production with a second one, largely because of the potential erosion to a person’s creative identity that doing so may cause. Our findings highlight the intricacies of sustaining creativity over time and offer insights into why some producers abandon their creative efforts. DescriptionThe same dataset in two different formats and a file with the commands to run the code in Stata. Variables included: second_idea 0 = Participants who chose to develop an idea for a strategy for how to market, publicize or otherwise exploit their first idea1 = Participants who chose to develop another idea for a second, different cookbook theme novel0 = Participants in the conventional condition1 = Participants in the novel condition award0 = Participants in the no award condition1 = Participants in the award condition creative_identity_threatAverage of seven different items measuring a participant's creative identity threat (on a scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree)) female0 = Male participant1 = Female participant ageAge of the participant at the time that the experiment was conducte

Supplemental Material, Appendix_1_Replication_file_Dul_Vis_Goertz_2018 - Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly: A Reply to a Comment on NCA

Supplemental Material, Appendix_1_Replication_file_Dul_Vis_Goertz_2018 for Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA) Does Exactly What It Should Do When Applied Properly: A Reply to a Comment on NCA by Jan Dul, Barbara Vis, and Gary Goertz in Sociological Methods & Researc