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Congested, Contested, and Competitive: Are We Running Out of Room in Outer Space?
Urban Resilience Project blog
(2021)
Abstract
Many space resources, like satellite orbits, have traits of a commons. They are prone to depletion and hard to exclude users from. As space gets more congested and contested, Elinor Ostrom's ideas for managing commons are ever more relevant.
Keywords
- Elinor Ostrom,
- space,
- commons
Disciplines
Publication Date
August 19, 2021
Citation Information
Erik Edward Nordman. "Congested, Contested, and Competitive: Are We Running Out of Room in Outer Space?" Urban Resilience Project blog (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/erik_nordman/66/