Customs, commons, property, and ecology: Case studies from oceania

Human Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Wagner, John ^a   Talakai, Malia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common property; Customary property; Fonua; Global commons; Oceania

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC THEORY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA;

EID: 41249084557     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.66.1.r033x2176g6774k5     Document Type: Article

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