Description
Builds on Parts 1 and 2 and describes how communities can overcome the "Tragedy of the Commons." Introduces the work of Elinor Ostrom, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. Describes Ostrom's eight design principles for sustainably managing a common-pool resource.
15 minutes
Keywords
- Elinor Ostrom,
- Tragedy of the Commons,
- common-pool resource,
- economics,
- Nobel Prize
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 22, 2020
Citation Information
Erik Edward Nordman. "Sustaining the Commons Part 3: Governing a Commons" Sustaining the Commons (2020) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/erik_nordman/54/
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