Critical factors that foster local self governance of Common pool resources: The role of heterogeneity, paper presented at the Annual meeting of resilience

The rich, Lofoten cod fishery in Northern Norway has been successfully self-governed and managed for more than 100 years. The rules that regulate the use of this fishery – and make it likely that the fishery will be sustainable into the future – have been devised by the boat-owners themselves with m...

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Main Authors: Marco A. Janssen, Elinor Ostrom
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.136.9254
http://www.santafe.edu/files/gems/sustainability/janssenostrom.pdf
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Summary:The rich, Lofoten cod fishery in Northern Norway has been successfully self-governed and managed for more than 100 years. The rules that regulate the use of this fishery – and make it likely that the fishery will be sustainable into the future – have been devised by the boat-owners themselves with minimal external assistance or coercion. Local regulatory