Governing access to essential resources /

Essential resources do more than satisfy people's needs. They ensure a dignified existence. Since the competition for essential resources, particularly fresh water and arable land, is increasing, and standard legal institutions, such as property rights and national border controls, are strangli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Pistor, Katharina (Editor ), Schutter, Olivier de (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Environmental policy > Cross-cultural studies.
Environmental management.
Environmental law.
Natural resources > Management.
Water resources development.
Water-supply > Management.
Conservation of natural resources.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Études transculturelles.
Environnement > Gestion.
Ressources naturelles > Gestion.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Gestion.
Conservation des ressources naturelles.
environmental control.
water resources development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental law
Environmental management
Environmental policy
Natural resources > Management
Water resources development
Water-supply > Management
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Essential resources do more than satisfy people's needs. They ensure a dignified existence. Since the competition for essential resources, particularly fresh water and arable land, is increasing, and standard legal institutions, such as property rights and national border controls, are strangling access to resources for some while delivering prosperity to others, many are searching for ways to ensure their fair distribution. This book argues that essential resources ought to be governed by a combination of Voice and Reflexivity. Voice is the ability of social groups to choose the rules by which they are governed. Reflexivity is the opportunity to question one's own preferences in light of competing claims and to accommodate them in a collective learning process. Having investigated the allocation of essential resources in places as varied as Cambodia, China, India, Kenya, Laos, Morocco, Nepal, the arid American West, and peri-urban areas in West Africa, the contributors to this volume largely concur with the viability of this policy and normative framework. Drawing on their expertise in law, environmental studies, anthropology, history, political science, and economics, they weigh the potential of Voice and Reflexivity against such alternatives as the pricing mechanism, property rights, common resource management, political might, or brute force.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231540766
0231540760
0231172788
9780231172783

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