Essays about: "common-pool resource"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 37 essays containing the words common-pool resource.

  1. 31. Identifying factors influencing exploitation strategies and cooperation in commons dilemmas under threshold uncertainty : Evidence from a laboratory experiment

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Caroline Schill; [2012]
    Keywords : common pool resources; ecosystem dynamics; thresholds; uncertainty; laboratory experiments;

    Abstract : I employ a laboratory experiment to examine behavior of user groups in commons dilemmas under uncertainty about a potential abrupt change in the resource renewal rate (threshold uncertainty). In this experiment, 87 subjects, randomly assigned to groups of three to four subjects, take anonymous individual harvest decisions over an unknown number of rounds while communication is allowed. READ MORE

  3. 32. The Implications of Local Governance for REDD+: A Case Study From the Ecuadorian Amazon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Anthony Collen; [2011]
    Keywords : REDD ; Governance; Communities; Institutions; Safeguards; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Recognising the critical role of forests in addressing Climate Change, a proposal being negotiated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation” mechanism, or REDD+. REDD+ aims to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by providing economic incentives to developing countries and local forest inhabitants to conserve, manage or enhance their forests. READ MORE

  4. 33. Exploring the role of Integrated Water Resource Management in Lake Sevan, Armenia : a systemic approach

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

    Author : Tatevik Kirakosyan; [2011]
    Keywords : integrated water resource management; public participation; systems thinking; common-pool resources;

    Abstract : Lake Sevan is the biggest and the most important lake in the Republic of Armenia. It is a huge freshwater reserve and has a significant role in Armenia’s socio-economic development. READ MORE

  5. 34. The Nordic electricity system as a common-pool resource.

    University essay from Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Anders Bäckman; [2011]
    Keywords : Common-pool resources; institutions; socio-technical systems; energy policies;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the work of Nordel, an advisory body set up in 1963 by the largest power companies in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The purpose of Nordel was to strengthen and consolidate Nordic cooperation in the production and transmission of electrical power. READ MORE

  6. 35. Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons: Transferring Ostrom’s Design Principles to Global Climate Change Mitigation by Preservation of the Atmosphere

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Ingrid Wallin Johansson; Eliza Petrova; [2010]
    Keywords : common-pool resource; collective action; climate change; emissions reduction; Tragedy of the Commons;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the most important issues facing the international community at present. Traditional collective action, as illustrated by the “Tragedy of the Commons” does not provide much hope for the preservation of the global commons, such as our atmosphere. READ MORE