Essays about: "Common-pool resources"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words Common-pool resources.

  1. 21. Capabilities to Demand Participation : Local Participation in Common-Pool Resource Governance - A Case Study of Lake Atitlán

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannes Willner; [2016]
    Keywords : common-pool resource; governance; participation; decentralization; freshwater;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to understand, describe and explain how local, public participation in the governance of common-pool resources (CPR) work in a decentralized development context. This is done through field research on lake Atitlán in Guatemala as a case of a freshwater CPR that struggles with environmental degradation as a result of failure of collective action in conserving the lake. READ MORE

  3. 22. Resilience Thinking For Common Pool Resources Management - Avoiding Drought Induced Disaster Threats in Indian Rajasthan.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Nicolas Sultanem; [2016]
    Keywords : Resilience Thinking; Common Pool Resources; Rajasthan Drought; Drought Alleviation; Sustainable Governance; Water Resources Management; Traditional Water Structures;

    Abstract : Drought related problems are a major stress source on the livelihood of communities in several areas of the world. Due to inefficient water resources management people leave their traditional habitat in search for security in larger agglomerations. READ MORE

  4. 23. Differentieringen av det generella strandskyddet : attitydundersökning i Gagnefs kommun och Bergs kommun

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Erica Pershagen; [2015]
    Keywords : strandskydd; landsbygdsutveckling; tragedy of the commons; common-pool resources; open access resource; sociala fällor; tillit; shoreline protection; rural development; tragedy of the commons; common-pool resources; open access resource; sociala fällor och tillit;

    Abstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur Gagnefs kommun och Bergs kommun arbetar med det generella strandskyddet, vilka attityder till detta som finns i kommunerna och hur arbetet påverkar landsbygdsutvecklingen. Särskilt fokus läggs på hanteringen av små sjöar och vattendrag. READ MORE

  5. 24. Wildlife resources- a victim of "the Tragedy of the Commons"?- A case study of Zambia

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Emelie Lin; [2015]
    Keywords : Community based natural resource management; Tragedy of the commons; Zambia; Common-pool resources theory; Incentive theory;

    Abstract : Environmental resources consist of a vast diversity of ecosystems and species from forests, waters and wildlife. These resources can be seen as public goods as they provide valuable services to people, but rarely do they have a fair (or any) market price assigned to them. READ MORE

  6. 25. Who gives a ‘dam’ about the Omo River in Ethiopia? : Water security and sustainability of the Gibe III dam through a social-ecological analysis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Marco De Cave; [2014]
    Keywords : SES system; water security; sustainability; cross-scale analysis; resilience;

    Abstract : Large dams represent complex social-ecological systems, perhaps the most complicated projects among large infrastructures. Nowadays, developing and developed countries consider large dams as a viable solution to provide low-cost energy production and flood control for agriculture production. READ MORE