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Protecting the commons : a framework for resource management in the Americas
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- Creator
- edited by Joanna Burger ... [and others]
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- xii, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781559637374, 1559637374, 9781559637381, 1559637382
- OCLC
- ocm44720739
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction / Joanna Burger, Christopher Field and Richard B. Norgaard / [et al.] -- Ch. 1. Reformulating the Commons / Elinor Ostrom -- Ch. 2. When the Commons Become Less Tragic: Land Tenure, Social Organization, and Fair Trade in Mexico / Jose Sarukhan and Jorge Larson -- Ch. 3. Forest Resources: Institutions for Local Governance in Guatemala / Clark C. Gibson -- Ch. 4. Wildlife Resources: The Elk of Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Tim W. Clark -- Ch. 5. Cooperative and Territorial Resources: Brazilian Artisanal Fisheries / Alpina Begossi -- Ch. 6. Water Resources: The Southwestern United States / Edella Schlager and William Blomquist -- Ch. 7. Recreational and Commercial Fisheries / David Policansky -- Ch. 8. Community-based and Cooperative Fisheries: Solutions to Fisherman's Problems / Bonnie J. McCay -- Ch. 9. Multiuse Coastal Commons: Personal Watercraft, Conflicts, and Resolutions / Joanna Burger -- Ch. 10. The Atmospheric Commons / John Harrison and Pamela Matson -- Ch. 11. Arctic Contaminants and Human Health / John P. Middaugh -- Ch. 12. Medical Care as a Commons / Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger and Bernard D. Goldstein -- Ch. 13. Spatial Techniques for Understanding Commons Issues / Jeffrey E. Richey -- Ch. 14. Integrating Scale and Social Justice in the Commons / Michel Gelobter -- Conclusion / Joanna Burger, Richard B. Norgaard and Elinor Ostrom