Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts

It has been suggested that African rangelands would be utilized and managed on a more sustainable and profitable basis if they were governed by co-management arrangements, with state governments defining group rights and governing inter-group interactions and local organizations governing interactio...

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Autores principales: Swallow, B.M., Bromley, D.W.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29339
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description It has been suggested that African rangelands would be utilized and managed on a more sustainable and profitable basis if they were governed by co-management arrangements, with state governments defining group rights and governing inter-group interactions and local organizations governing interactions among members within particular groups. In this paper we develop a discrete-time dynamic model of a rangeland to investigate the possibilities for internal management of resource use interactions within a common property regime. We find that there can be effective internal management without any formal institutional structure within the regime if: (1) group members are confident that the boundaries of the regime will be effectively protected; (2) the group of resources users is kept relatively small; (3) future pasture potential is not overly sensitive to changes in the current stocking rate; and (4) individuals do not discount future payoffs too heavily.
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spelling CGSpace293392023-03-18T05:52:39Z Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts Swallow, B.M. Bromley, D.W. rangelands coownership range management models natural resources It has been suggested that African rangelands would be utilized and managed on a more sustainable and profitable basis if they were governed by co-management arrangements, with state governments defining group rights and governing inter-group interactions and local organizations governing interactions among members within particular groups. In this paper we develop a discrete-time dynamic model of a rangeland to investigate the possibilities for internal management of resource use interactions within a common property regime. We find that there can be effective internal management without any formal institutional structure within the regime if: (1) group members are confident that the boundaries of the regime will be effectively protected; (2) the group of resources users is kept relatively small; (3) future pasture potential is not overly sensitive to changes in the current stocking rate; and (4) individuals do not discount future payoffs too heavily. 1994-01 2013-06-11T09:23:14Z 2013-06-11T09:23:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29339 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited Oxford Agrarian Studies;22(1): 3-16
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Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
title Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
title_full Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
title_fullStr Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
title_full_unstemmed Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
title_short Co-management or no management: The prospects for internal governance of common property regimes through dynamic contracts
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topic rangelands
coownership
range management
models
natural resources
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