The Comedy of the Commons: Custom, Commerce, and Inherently Public Property

Rose, Carol M.

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“…This right is held in common with all other people and, at least historically, was free and unregulated. Rose [1986] calls this an ''inherently public right.'' Historically, these public rights included a free right of navigation, a free right to fish, and a free right to dispose of waste.…”

Section: Public Rightsmentioning

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Fundamental questions about water rights and market reallocation

Matthews

2004

Water Resources Research

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[1] Water markets have many advantages for water reallocation. However, water markets do not always function efficiently because the property rights structure was not designed for market transactions. The potential for successful markets can be determined by looking at the 10 fundamental questions relevant to water rights. The questions are relevant to any system of water rights, but the examples used are largely from the western United States. The questions are designed to raise issues about the basic structure of a water rights system. After discussing these issues, the paper turns to recommendations on how a water rights structure could be modified to facilitate markets. The recommendations are not meant to be an end point but are intended too stimulate discussion.

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Section: Public Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fundamental questions about water rights and market reallocation

Matthews

2004

Water Resources Research

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“…The analysis is structured around the two characteristics of commons (excludability and subtractability), and we evaluate these shrimp aquaculture systems against the revised Ostrom design principles (Cox et al 2010). Our case is a "drama" in the same sense as Ostrom et al (2002), as it is neither a "tragedy" (Hardin 1968) nor a "comedy" (Rose 1986;McCay 1996) but shows the real-life struggles in Sri Lankan shrimp aquaculture in solving commons problems.…”

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Drama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern, Sri Lanka

Galappaththi

Berkes²

2015

Int J Commons

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Aquaculture, and shrimp aquaculture in particular, can have major social and environmental impacts. However, aquaculture remains an understudied area in commons research. Can aspects of commons theory be applied to solve problems of aquaculture? We examined three coastal community-based shrimp aquaculture operations in northwestern Sri Lanka using a case study approach. These shrimp farms were individually owned by small producers and managed under local-level rules designed by cooperatives (samithi). The common-pool resource of major interest was water for aquaculture ponds, obtained from an interconnected water body. We evaluated the shrimp farming social-ecological system by using Ostrom's design principles for collective action. Key elements of the system were: clearly defined boundaries; collaboratively designed crop calendar, bottom-up approach involving community associations, multi-level governance, and farmers-and-government collaborative structures. Together, these elements resolved the excludability and subtractability problems of commons by establishing boundary and membership rules and collective choice rules.

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“…However, while identifying individualism as the major cause of the tragedy of the commons, Hardin does not pay attention to the cause that triggers individualism. Meanwhile, in response to Hardin, there have been studies on "the comedy of the commons" [39] and the continuity of common resources through autonomous operation [40,41]. Aside from such investigations of the factors that keep the commons healthy, further research is needed on conflicts related to the commons and their adverse effects.…”

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Conflicts of Interest and Change in Original Intent: A Case Study of Vacant and Abandoned Homes Repurposed as Community Gardens in a Shrinking City, Daegu, South Korea

Lee

Sung

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:As part of an urban policy designed to revive South Korea's shrinking cities, vacant residential structures are being demolished and the resulting empty plots transformed into public spaces. This study discursively examines this process, its stakeholders, and the sources of conflict among them in the neighborhood of Daebong 2 in Daegu, South Korea. Additionally, solutions for maintaining public interest are explored. Employees and members of relevant municipal authorities and non-profit organizations (NPOs), as well as town residents, were selected through purposive sampling for interviews. The data were then analyzed via open coding. The results reveal conflict between users and non-users in terms of the possession of public goods, as well as conflict between project executives in the creation process. We also found that spatial and policy characteristics are a particular source of conflict in dense, historic residential areas. To overcome problems caused by rivalry and discord, the following actions are required: a change in perspective among policy practitioners; a governance structure that consists of a public/private/community partnership; consensus among community members, and; equitable welfare through programs based on inclusivity and public interest.

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The Comedy of the Commons: Custom, Commerce, and Inherently Public Property

Cited by 364 publications

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Fundamental questions about water rights and market reallocation

Fundamental questions about water rights and market reallocation

Drama of the commons in small-scale shrimp aquaculture in northwestern, Sri Lanka

Conflicts of Interest and Change in Original Intent: A Case Study of Vacant and Abandoned Homes Repurposed as Community Gardens in a Shrinking City, Daegu, South Korea

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