The living commons of West Tyrol, Austria: Lessons for land policy and land administration

Land Use Policy

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  van Gils, Hein ^a   Siegl, Gerhard ^b   Mark Bennett, Rohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine pastoral commons; Land administration; Land policy; Land tenure; Ostrom's design principles

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMON LAND; HUNTING; LAND TENURE; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDOWNERSHIP; LEGAL RIGHTS; PASTURE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRIA; INN VALLEY; OTZTAL; TYROL;

EID: 84887667272     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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