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Type:
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Journal Article |
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Author:
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Erling, Berge; Mckean, Margaret |
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Journal:
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International Journal of the Commons |
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Volume:
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9 |
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Page(s):
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469-385 |
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Date:
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2015 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/9906
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Sector:
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Theory |
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Region:
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East Asia
Europe |
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Subject(s):
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commons
information commons
urban commons
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Abstract:
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"The editorial discusses the status and prospects of the commons of developed industrialized countries, based on the literature. For the traditional commons, one key variable for long-term development prospects of the commons is found in the way ownership to the commons is structured. A second key variable is the way increasing knowledge, including scientific environmental knowledge, has affected our perception of what a resource is within a commons and its value. The way these two variables characterizing commons: 'structure of ownership' and 'knowledge of valuable resources' are related is illustrated in a process referred to as 'the withering away' with potential for widely diverging outcomes. Also new emerging urban commons are commented on and a more indepth study of both traditional and new urban commons is called for."
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