Essays about: "Ostrom"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 45 essays containing the word Ostrom.

  1. 11. Towards a Collective Goal! Identifying relevant factors for collective action in local community initiatives. An ethnographic study of Food Rescue Gotland.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Uppsala universitet Innovation (UU Innovation)

    Author : Tolulope Olalekan; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective Action; Sustainability; Local Community Initiatives; Relevant factors; Individual cooperation; Mancur Olsson; Elinor Ostrom; Food Rescue Gotland;

    Abstract : The challenges of sustainability and its complexities born out of overexploitation of resources, leading to climate change issues, food wastage, and scarcity, economic and health-related dilemmas, has yet to find their solution in top-down models, taking the form of hierarchical control (rulers), as such, researchers have considered other alternatives to how communities can tackle these issues, and one of such approach is the bottom-up model. Recent research and literature on collective action have focused on sequencing events like regime changes, riots, revolutions, protests, and the founding of social movement organizations. READ MORE

  3. 12. Climate Governance : A Polycentric Approach in Eastern Caribbean

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Gwendelien Marie Blanken; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate Governance; Polycentric Approach; Eastern Caribbean;

    Abstract : Natural disasters are on the rise in the Caribbean due to climate change that affects several OECS member states in the Eastern Caribbean region. However, OECS governments have developed structures for reducing vulnerability and building resilience. READ MORE

  4. 13. Sustainable development of a global common pool resource among autocratic countries : A case study of the "Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden"

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saga Iseskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Common pool resource; Global common pool resource; Ostrom; Coral reefs; Red Sea coral reefs; PERSGA;

    Abstract : This paper concerns the planning for sustainable development of a global common pool resource within an autocratic region. The study is focused on the coral reef of the Red Sea, shared between the basin countries; Djibouti, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Israel, Jordan and Eritrea, where most nations are autocracies and developing countries. READ MORE

  5. 14. Save the bay: a case study of fisheries co-management in Gökova Bay, Turkey

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Utku Kuran; [2021]
    Keywords : small-scale fisheries; common-pool resources; socio-ecological systems; co-management; design principles; Gökova Bay; Sustainability Science; Turkey; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Overfishing is one of the most serious problems threatening the health of the seas and local coastal communities. Marine Protected Areas with No Fishing Zones are valuable biodiversity conservation tools to ensure the sustainable use of diminishing fish stocks. READ MORE

  6. 15. Adapting together in times of climate change : the potential of adaptive governance for improving the cooperation between reindeer herders and forest owners in northern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Freya Grüsgen; [2020]
    Keywords : social-ecological system; land use; reindeer husbandry; forestry; climate change; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Reindeer husbandry has long been a central element of the traditional livelihood and culture of indigenous Sami people in northern Sweden. However, it faces several challenges from competing land uses, primarily forestry. READ MORE