a framework for resource management in the Americas /
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Joanna Burger ... [et al]
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Island Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2001
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xii, 360 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Reformulating the commons / Elinor Ostrom -- When the commons becomes less tragic: land tenure, social organization, and fair trade in Mexico / José Sarukhán, Jorge Larson -- Forest resources: institutions for local governance in Guatemala / Clark C. Gibson -- Wildlife resources: the elk of Jackson Hole, Wyoming / Tim W. Clark -- Cooperative and territorial resources: Brazilian artisanal fisheries / Alpina Begossi -- Water resources: the southwestern United States / Edella Schlager, William Blomquist -- Recreational and commercial fisheries / David Policansky -- Community-based and cooperative fisheries: solutions to fishermen's problems / Bonnie J. McCay -- Multiuse coastal commons: personal watercraft, conflicts, and resolutions / Joanna Burger -- The atmospheric commons / John Harrison, Pamela Matson -- Arctic contaminants and human health / John P. Middaugh -- Medical care as a commons / Michael Gochfeld, Joanna Burger, Bernard D. Goldstein -- Spatial techniques for understanding commons issues / Jeffrey E. Richey -- Integrating scale and social justice in the commons / Michel Gelobter