Protecting the commons
Subtitle: a framework for resource management in the Americas
By: edited by Joanna Burger ... [et al]
Contributors: Burger, Joanna
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Natural resources, Communal -- America -- Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Reforming the commons / Elinor Ostrom; title: When the commons becomes less tragic: land tenure, social organization, and fair trade in Mexico / José Sarukhán, Jorge Larson; title: Forest resources: institutions for local governance in Guatemala / Clark C. Gibson; title: Wildlife resources: the elk of Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Tim W. Clark; title: Cooperative and territorial resources: Brazilian artisanal fisheries / Alpina Begossi; title: Water resources: the southwestern United States / Edella Schlager, William Blomquist; title: Recreational and commercial fisheries / David Policansky; title: Community-based and cooperative fisheries: solutions to fishermen's problems / Bonnie J. McCay; title: Multiuse coastal commons: personal watercraft, conflicts, and resolutions / Joanna Burger; title: The atmospheric commons / John Harrison, Pamela Matson; title: Arctic contaminants and human health / John P. Middaugh; title: Medical care as a commons / Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Bernard D. Goldstein; title: Spatial techniques for understanding commons issues / Jeffrey E. Richey; title: Integrating scale and social justice in the commons / Michel Gelobter