Ostrom, Hardin and the commons: A critical appreciation and a revisionist view

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-23

  Araral, Eduardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Commons; Environmental governance; Hardin; Ostrom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMON POOL RESOURCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIRMATION BIAS; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIELD WORK; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENING VARIABLE; MANAGEMENT STYLE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MODERATING VARIABLE; OPTIMISM; PESSIMISM; POLYCENTRICITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPROCITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRUST;

EID: 84892478260     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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