Protecting the Commons
Subtitle: A Framework for Resource Management in the Americas
Contributors: Joanna Burger (Editor); Elinor Ostrom (Editor); Richard Norgaard (Editor); David Policansky (Editor); B. D. Goldstein (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press
Published: February 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781559637374
Subjects: Conservation of the environment; Environment law; Management of land & natural resources; Natural resources, Communal; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Conservation Of Natural Resources (General); Natural Resources Management; Nature/Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; The Americas; USA; Natural Resources; Public Policy - General; Political Science / Public Policy; Environmental; America; Management
First sentence: The Western Hemisphere is richly endowed with a diversity of natural resource systems that are governed by complex local and national institutional arrangements.