Nives Dolak & Elinor Ostrom & Bonnie J. McKay
Language: English
Business & Money Civil & Environmental Earth Sciences Economics Engineering Engineering & Transportation Environmental Environmental Economics Environmental Science Natural Resources Nature & Ecology Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Science & Math Social Sciences Sustainable Development environment
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: Feb 14, 2003
Description:
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.
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