Phase transitions of rice farmers may offer insight into managing natural resources

Tuesday, May 30, 2017 - 08:51 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—The Balinese subak is a self-organized agrarian society on the island of Bali in Indonesia, whose members must share a limited amount of water for irrigation and rice production. Some of the farmers share the water fairly, and some don't. As in many societies, the members of the Balinese subak are segregated into different communities.

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