Tragedy of the Ecological Commons

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 3573-3576

  Ostrom, E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Common pool resources; Common property regimes; Conflict resolution; Design principles; Incentives; Information; Natural resources; Nested systems; Overharvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069569279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00634-0     Document Type: Chapter

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