Balancing accuracy and meaning in common-pool resource theory

Ecology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Cox, Michael ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Complexity; Institutional analysis; Scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; COMPLEXITY; HEURISTICS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 58749096757     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02683-130244     Document Type: Article

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