Property rights and collective action in watersheds

According to the authors, watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships. Both factors?the biophysical attributes and the policy and institutional env...

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Main Authors: Swallow, Brent M., Johnson, Nancy L., Knox, Anna, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157467
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author Swallow, Brent M.
Johnson, Nancy L.
Knox, Anna
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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description According to the authors, watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships. Both factors?the biophysical attributes and the policy and institutional environments?shape peoples? livelihoods and interactions within the watershed. In this brief the authors show that watersheds have such broad impacts at so many levels, they raise special issues for the management of resources through collective action. They explore the relationships between property rights, collective action, watershed management, and stakehold participation and conclude that empowering local communities to take a leading role in watershed management is essential. -- from Text.
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spelling CGSpace1574672025-02-24T06:47:37Z Property rights and collective action in watersheds Swallow, Brent M. Johnson, Nancy L. Knox, Anna Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. collective behavior poverty alleviation property rights collective action empowerment stakeholders watershed management water management farmers urban population resource management gender women According to the authors, watersheds define a terrain united by the flow of water, nutrients, pollutants, and sediment. Watersheds also link foresters, farmers, fishers, and urban dwellers in intricate social relationships. Both factors?the biophysical attributes and the policy and institutional environments?shape peoples? livelihoods and interactions within the watershed. In this brief the authors show that watersheds have such broad impacts at so many levels, they raise special issues for the management of resources through collective action. They explore the relationships between property rights, collective action, watershed management, and stakehold participation and conclude that empowering local communities to take a leading role in watershed management is essential. -- from Text. 2004 2024-10-24T12:50:01Z 2024-10-24T12:50:01Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157467 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157468 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Swallow, Brent M.; Johnson, Nancy; Knox, Anna; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2004. Property rights and collective action in watersheds. 2020 Vision Focus Brief. 11(12). In Collective action and property rights for sustainable development. 2020 Vision Focus 11. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157467
spellingShingle collective behavior
poverty alleviation
property rights
collective action
empowerment
stakeholders
watershed management
water management
farmers
urban population
resource management
gender
women
Swallow, Brent M.
Johnson, Nancy L.
Knox, Anna
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title_full Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title_fullStr Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title_full_unstemmed Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title_short Property rights and collective action in watersheds
title_sort property rights and collective action in watersheds
topic collective behavior
poverty alleviation
property rights
collective action
empowerment
stakeholders
watershed management
water management
farmers
urban population
resource management
gender
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157467
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