Title:
Governing the commons in the new millennium : a diversity of institutions for natural resource management
Authors:
Nagendra, Harini and Ostrom, Elinor
Place:
[S.l.]
Publisher:
The Encyclopedia of earth (EoE)
Year:
2008
PAGE:
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Subject:
Rural Decentralization and Local Governance
Keywords:
governance, natural resources, environmental management, environmental policy, public administration
Abstract:
It is argued that under appropriate conditions, communities can devise appropriate collective-choice arrangements that enable sustainable resources management. This can avoid the so-called “Tragedy of the Commons” and the need to create alternative, but ineffectual governance arrangements.
URL:
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Governing_the_commons_in_the_new_millennium%3A_A_diversity_of_institutions_for_natural_resource_management
Document type:
Portal