Digital Library of the Commons
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: DLC is a gateway to the international literature on the commons, which focuses on the relation between the physical resource and human institutions. This site contains an archive of full-text articles, papers, and dissertations; the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons; a Keyword Thesaurus, and links to relevant reference sources on the study of the commons.
Focus areas are diverse and multi-disciplinary, including: adaptive systems, efficiency, environmental policy, equity, experimental economics, free riding, game theory, gender, institutional design principles, new institutional economics, participatory management systems, property rights regimes, resilience, regulation, sustainability, etc. Subjects covered include: agriculture; fisheries; forest resources; grazing areas; land tenure and use; water resources and wildlife.
Particular emphasis is on: acid rain; air pollution; air slots; atmosphere; biodiversity; carbon sequestration; clans; class structure; collectives; climate change; electro-magnetic spectrum; farming; governance and management of arctic regions; global warming; greenhouse effect; international treaties; oceans, outer space; governance, law and management of transboundary resources; transboundary disputes; radio spectrum; waste management; urban greenspace; urban forestry; etc.
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s):
Biology, Genetics & Life Sciences
Digital Archives & Collections
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