Using qualitative models to define sustainable management for the commons in data poor conditions

Francesca Mancini, George M. Coghill and David Lusseau

Environmental Science & Policy, 2017, vol. 67, issue C, 52-60

Abstract: Nearly 50 years after Hardin’s “tragedy of the commons” we have not yet found predictive tools to guide us towards sustainable management of common-pool resources (CPR). We often have a good understanding of the qualitative relationships between the principal actors in socioecological systems (SESs), but classical quantitative approaches require a tremendous amount of data to understand the drivers of SESs sustainability. Here we show that qualitative modelling approaches can provide important governance insights for SESs that are understood but not quantified.

Keywords: Common-pool resources; Loop analysis; Nature-based tourism; Press-pulse dynamics; Predictive conservation; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.11.002

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