The commons in the new millennium : challenges and adaptation / edited by Nives Dolšak and Elinor Ostrom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dolšak, Nives.

Ostrom, Elinor.

Series:

Politics, science, and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commons.

Natural resources, Communal.

Natural resources, Communal--Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 369 pages) : illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Globalization, population growth, and resource depletion are drawing increased attention to the importance of common resources such as forests, water resources, and fisheries. It is critical that these resources be governed in an equitable and sustainable way. The Commons in the New Millennium presents cutting-edge research in common property theory and provides an overview and progress report on common property research. The book analyzes new problems that owners, managers, policy makers, and analysts face in managing natural commons. It examines recent findings about the physical characteristics of the commons, their complexity and interconnectedness, and the role of social capital. It also provides empirical studies and suggestions for sustainable development. The topics discussed include the role of financial, political, and social capital in deforestation, community efforts to gain political influence in Indonesia, the Maine lobster industry, outcomes of the implementation of individual transferable quotas in New Zealand and Iceland fisheries, and design of multilateral emissions trading for regional air pollution and global warming.

Notes:

Based on papers given at the 2000 conference held in Bloomington, Indiana.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262271868

0262271869

0585444943

9780585444949

OCLC:

52235252

Access Restriction:

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