Tri Hita Karana as the basic philosophy of Balinese Political Ecology: a case study of traditional Balinese agricultural organization Subak I Gede Herry Purnama
Tri Hita Karana Three causes of happiness/ prosperity/peacefulness (Sutawan, 2004) Consisting of three elements: a. Parahyangan (supra natural realm or belief in God) b. Palemahan (environmental realm) c. Pawongan (social realm)
Subak Subak are autonomous socio-religious communities which organise activities related to rice cultivation (Lorenzen & Lorenzen, 2005) The subak is a mixture of different units: - Technologically - Physically - Socially - Religiously An examples of user-based allocation
The way Subak defines water rights for each member within Subak Water is allocated based on their spacious size or based on tektek, a principle of proportional water allocation to each individual member a high degree of flexibility and responsiveness to negotiations among members
dealing with conflict certain kind of bottom up process for conflict management in the Subak body
how inter-Subak works to allocate water.