Search for dissertations about: "Common pool resources"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words Common pool resources.
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1. The management of common-pool resources : theoretical essays and empirical evidence
Abstract : A large part of the poor people in the world is dependent on local natural resources for their survival. Often, these resources are managed as common-pool resources; that is, they are used in common by a limited group of people, who are dependent on each other in their use of the resource. READ MORE
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2. The process of creating a nation-wide pool system for transport packaging - from vision to decision
Abstract : After several years of disussions, tests, investigations and additional tests, the suppliers and retailers within the Swedish business sector for food and commodities formed a jointly owned, non-profit company in 1997, which subsequently started in physical operations in 2000. This company, Svenska Retursystem AB (www.retursystem. READ MORE
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3. The Collective Action Dilemma in Managing Transboundary Freshwaters : An Analysis of an Outcome-Driven Framework
Abstract : It is recognised by society that freshwater resources play a major role in economic development and in maintaining life supporting ecosystems services. Transboundary river basins cover about 45% of the earth’s land surface and their governance is therefore of critical importance. READ MORE
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4. Fisheries Management under Individual Transferable Quota : Outcomes for Ecology and Equity
Abstract : The management of marine resources pose a difficult commons problem as monitoring behavior is difficult and benefit flows from the resources are uncertain. Implementing individual transferable quota (ITQ) is a management regime in which quasi-property rights are assigned for an often mobile and uncertain environmental resource, fish or marine invertebrates. READ MORE
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5. Human Behaviour in Social-Ecological Systems : Insights from economic experiments and agent-based modelling
Abstract : Progress towards sustainability requires changes in our individual and collective behaviour. Yet, our fundamental understanding of behaviour in relation to environmental change remains severely limited. READ MORE