Rights to Nature
Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Environmental, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
| Author: | Narpat Jodha, Svein Jentoft, Bonnie McCay, Margaret McKean, Kenneth Arrow | ISBN: | 9781610913157 |
| Publisher: | Island Press | Publication: | September 1, 1996 |
| Imprint: | Island Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Narpat Jodha, Svein Jentoft, Bonnie McCay, Margaret McKean, Kenneth Arrow |
| ISBN: | 9781610913157 |
| Publisher: | Island Press |
| Publication: | September 1, 1996 |
| Imprint: | Island Press |
| Language: | English |
Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental managemand conservation.*Rights to Nature* is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that guide and control human use of the environment. Following a brief overview of the relationship between property rights and the natural environment, chapters consider: ecological systems and how they function the effects of culture, values, and social organization on the use of natural resources the design and developmof property rights regimes and the costs of their operation cultural factors that affect the design and implementation of property rights systems coordination across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries The book provides a valuable synthesis of information on how property rights develop, why they develop in certain ways, and the ways in which they function. Representing a unique integration of natural and social science, it addresses the full range of ecological, economic, cultural, and political factors that affect natural resource managemand use, and provides valuable insight into the role of property rights regimes in establishing societies that are equitable, efficient, and sustainable.
Property rights are a tool humans use in regulating their use of natural resources. Understanding how rights to resources are assigned and how they are controlled is critical to designing and implementing effective strategies for environmental managemand conservation.*Rights to Nature* is a nontechnical, interdisciplinary introduction to the systems of rights, rules, and responsibilities that guide and control human use of the environment. Following a brief overview of the relationship between property rights and the natural environment, chapters consider: ecological systems and how they function the effects of culture, values, and social organization on the use of natural resources the design and developmof property rights regimes and the costs of their operation cultural factors that affect the design and implementation of property rights systems coordination across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries The book provides a valuable synthesis of information on how property rights develop, why they develop in certain ways, and the ways in which they function. Representing a unique integration of natural and social science, it addresses the full range of ecological, economic, cultural, and political factors that affect natural resource managemand use, and provides valuable insight into the role of property rights regimes in establishing societies that are equitable, efficient, and sustainable.
