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Contested Common Land : Environmental Governance Past and Present.

This innovative and interdisciplinary book makes a major contribution to common pool resource studies. It offers a new perspective on the sustainable governance of common resources, grounded in contemporary and archival research on the common lands of England and Wales - an important common resource...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rodgers, Christopher P.
Otros Autores: Straughton, Eleanor A., Winchester, Angus J. L., Pieraccini, Margherita
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Earthscan, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction: Common Land as a Contested Resource; The legal framework: Common property rights; Contested common land; Sustainable governance; Conclusions; Notes; Part I Custom, Property Rights and Sustainable Management; Chapter 2 Custom and the Culture of the Commons, 1600-1965; Chapter 3 'That our common moore be not wronged': Sustainable Land Management in a Historical Context; Chapter 4 Property Rights in the Modern Commons; Chapter 5 Contemporary Governance of the Commons: The Quest for Sustainability.
  • Part II Commons in Focus: Four Case StudiesChapter 6 Eskdale, Cumbria; Chapter 7 Ingleborough and Scales Moor, North Yorkshire; Chapter 8 Elan Valley, Powys; Chapter 9 Brancaster and Thornham, Norfolk; Part III Conclusions; Chapter 10 Sustainable Commons: Reflections on History, Law and Governance; References; Cases and Legislation; Index.