Sökning: "governing the commons"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden governing the commons.
1. Governing Power, Knowledge and Conflict in Complex Commons Systems
Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes theoretically and empirically to the research about complex commons governance systems that are characterized by numerous and diverse agents, complex distributions of power, incomplete and competing knowledge as well as diverse contestation and conflict processes. Governance refers to a system of public and/or private coordinating, steering and regulatory processes established and conducted for social (or collective) purposes. LÄS MER
2. Sustainable Nature Tourism and the Nature of Tourists’ Cooperative Behavior : Recreation Conflicts, Conditional Cooperation and the Public Good Problem
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of five essays.Essay I (with David Vail) explains why neither Maine, USA's comparatively laissez faire economic and land use institutions nor Dalarna, Sweden's more heavily regulated economy seems well designed to make tourism a powerful economic development engine. LÄS MER
3. Tar and timber: Governing forest commons in seventeenth century Northern Finland
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how peasants regulated and shared forest resources in North Ostrobothnia during the seventeenth century where large-scale tar and timber production took place. The forests were owned as commons by peasant communities on village and parish level and became increasingly exploited during the century. LÄS MER
4. The “Dark Side” of Marine Spatial Planning : A study of domination, empowerment and freedom through theories of discourse and power
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to the marine spatial planning (MSP) literature by elaborating a robust theoretical account of power for a more rigorous and balanced critical analysis of MSP. Conceived as a problem-solving regime, MSP has emerged as a radical approach to govern the use and protection of marine resources. LÄS MER
5. Business and governance models for DTN-based internet access : Gender and cultural considerations and application cases using open source software and design principles for ICT commons
Sammanfattning : Great effort is being made to get Europe out of its economic crisis and prepare the European economy for the next decade. The aims of the Digital Agenda are to give all Europeans basic broadband by 2013 and to ensure that by 2020 all Europeans have access to much higher internet speeds. LÄS MER