Pathways to water-related sustainability: case survey data from 40 empirical water governance studies, complemented by expert surveys and additional case-based literature

Data from the case survey of 40 cases from empirical water governance studies, supplemented with expert survey and secondary data coding. The coded variables are Capacity (CAP), Fit (FIT) from the aggregation of Temporal fit, Spatial fit, and Functional fit, Interplay (INTER) from the aggregation of Vertical interplay and Horizontal interplay, Decentralization (DEC), Participation (PART), Adaptiveness/knowledge integration (ADAPT) from the aggregation of Flexibility, Use of evidence, and Knowledge integration, Problématique 1: Groundwater exploitation for agriculture (P1), and Sustainability outcome (OUT).