Commons in a Cold Climate: Coastal Fisheries and Reindeer Pastoralism in North Norway - The Co-Management Approach

by S. Jentoft (Editor), Ed Jentoft

Overview

This is one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary research volume on the exploit ation of natural resources held in common in a cold climate, focusing on economic, social, cultural, and institutional aspects of natural re source management. The book's data come from definitive scientific stu dies of northern Norway's two major regional industries, coastal fishe ries and reindeer pastoralism, viewed as a study in exploitation of na tural resources of interest far beyond Norway as a model system. Conta ining nineteen chapters in three main sections, the book integrates a solid understanding of the dynamics of natural resources with an equal ly solid understanding of the human exploitation of these resources. T he first section covers sustainable resource use and management; the s econd is on ecological knowledge and implications for resource managem ent; and the third covers the co-management approach to user involveme nt and decision making. The volume includes bibliographic references a nd an index.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850700456
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/1998
Series:	Man and the Biosphere Series
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.10(d)

Table of Contents

Main Sections: Sustainable resource use and management: the challenge. Ecological knowledge: implications for resource management. User involvement and decision-making: the co-management approach. Conclusion. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Nineteen chapters present the results of a research initiative on the sustainable management of common property bioresources. The multidisciplinary approach integrates information of the dynamics of natural resources with an understanding of human exploitation of those resources, with articles from specialists in a variety of fields, including economics, political science, and social anthropology. The key issues are the challenge of sustainable development and approaches of resource management, along with assessment of the co-management system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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