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Chapter  3:  Methodology     • • • • • Which  actors  play  a  role  in  defining  the  allocation  mechanisms   Which  actors  play  a  role  in  the  allocation  in  practice  (e.g.  license  for  water  use,  day-­‐to-­‐day  operation)   Who  is  enforcing  the  water  allocation  mechanisms  and  how  does  this  work?   What  have  been  the  main  changes  in  the  last  10  years  (physical,  political,  economic,  legally,  military)?   Have  the  formal  and  informal  rules  changed  (with  regard  to  the  allocation  of  water  and  resolution)  as  a   consequence  of  these  main  changes?   • Are  the  traditional/  local  rules  still  in  place  and  did  new  local  rules  come  up?   3.1.2    B:  Conflict  description  and  stakeholder  analysis   What  are  the  characteristics  of  the  water  conflicts  in  selected  case  studies  in  Yemen?   • How   have   people   dealt   with   these   changes   in   the   way   they   have   constructed   their   livelihood?   Which   groups   gained   and   lost   access   to   water   in   the   last   10   years   (2003-­‐2013),   and   why?   Did   the   problems   result  in  conflicts  with  others?  Or  did  the  conflict  erupt  without  relation  t